Species within these groups often live over 30 years. The longest-living individual bird recorded in the wild is a Laysan ...

As humans, we have a life expectancy of around 100 years if we stay healthy for a long time. However, there are some species that could ... a black coral had been living off Hawaii for 4265 ...

The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

1. The bald neck and bare heads of vultures keep their feathers from sticking to blood while eating corpses. 2. During hot days, vultures engage in a process called urohydrosis. They urinate on their ...

Australian researchers also analysed the DNA of living species, such as whales, for which few records exist. The bowhead whale could be the longest-lived mammal, reaching more than 250 years of ...