Learn more about bowhead whales and how they routinely see out their 200th birthday — and this DNA-repair protein might just ...

As humans age, we become more susceptible to cancers and other diseases. That puts a sort of upper limit on how long human ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Is the key to living over 200 hidden in the icy sea of the Arctic? The bowhead whale, an 80,000-kilogram insulating blubber ...

Researchers discovered that bowhead whales achieve extraordinary longevity and cancer resistance through highly efficient and ...

As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Naked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a mouse [Washington Post via Getty Images] They are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...