A humble mollusk can live to 507. The oldest Greenland Sharks navigate deep, dark Arctic waters for longer than America has existed. And the wrinkly, cancer-resistant naked mole rat can live well into ...
The oldest animals in the world have amazed scientists and nature lovers for centuries. Some species live far longer than humans, holding secrets to survival, adaptation, and resilience. These longest ...
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Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Nastasic/Getty Images, imageBROKER/Dieter Mahlke/Getty Images, Yaroslava Alekseeva/Getty Images, Gianluigi Guercia—Getty Images) In 2007, ...