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Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

Since the beginning of life on Earth, there's been parasites. Wherever there's life, there's other life looking for a free ride. Join Stephan Chin for a new episode of SciShow and take a look at six ...

Michael and Paul Miles — part of the “St. Neots Quads” — died within 10 days of each other Steve Bent/Mail On Sunday/Shutterstock Ann, Ernest, Paul and Michael Miles were recognized by Guinness World ...

(CNN) — Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN. “She had a beautiful smile on her face,” Howard said ...

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Organic matter extracted from samples of 2.5-billion-year-old rock containing fossilized microorganisms like the one in this photomicrograph still contains biomolecular fragments that may have been ...

In 2010 Yukaghir hunters found the nearly intact carcass of a young woolly mammoth frozen in the northern Siberian permafrost. With its reddish-brown fur still clinging to its skin, the dog-sized calf ...

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16 million Americans served in World War II but only about 45,000 are still alive, and those numbers are declining rapidly every year. At 105-years-old, Stan Nelson of Anoka is believed to be the ...