Bowhead whales were known to live up to 200 years, and a new study finds that southern right whales may live up to age 150 if ...

Southern right whales regularly live for over a century — a fact that changes the way we need to think about conservation, and age.

Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of ...

Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers. Analysis of proteins from ...

A 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered beneath the chin of a skeleton in a cemetery in Germany is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps, according to a new study. Researchers ...