WASHINGTON – In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth’s oldest living animal with a ...

Common dolphin off the coast of Australia. This species lives in the open ocean, can reach high swimming speeds, has more than 70 vertebrate and up to eight regions in their backbone. If you’ve ever ...

When most people picture animals, they tend to think of the big, familiar ones: dogs, birds, fish, maybe elephants or whales. The thing is, creatures like that are a tiny minority. Around 97% of all ...

In the competitive human world, a common platitude says that a man needs “backbone” to succeed. In the competitive animal world it is different. Scientists have other criteria than fame, money and ...