The Greenland shark, a species that quietly roams the depths of the Arctic waters, holds the remarkable title of the ...

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A 558-million-year-old fossil uncovered Earth’s oldest known animal — say hello to Dickinsonia, a bizarre animal from ancient Ediacaran oceans. With no head or limbs, Dickinsonia resembled ...

After years of studying the genetics and morphology of the long-frozen nematodes, Shatilovich and her colleagues now claim that the reanimated worms are a previously-undescribed species—one from ...

A TINY retired brick layer claims to be the oldest person on Earth after apparently celebrating his 125th birthday. Marcelino “Mashico” Abad Tolentino, who is just 4ft 2in tall, beamed ...

Scientists predict that sponges—among the most basic animals—arose a few hundred million years before the occurrence of the oldest confirmed fossil specimens ... good evidence that there were sponges ...

An extensive DNA study confirms what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always believed: they're the oldest living civilisation ... the oldest race on Earth, and from my point ...