New York City’s oldest woman is still “dancing” months after her 113th birthday. Louise Jean Signore — born over a century ...

Extraction and sequencing of ancient DNA has revolutionized scientists’ understanding of numerous extinct species, but DNA can only tell us so much. RNA, however, can tell us which genes were actually ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --A grapevine found in the mountains of Tibet was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest wild living vine after being found to be 416 years old. The vine, located in Zuoba ...

Mammals, for instance, differ dramatically in their maximal lifespans—from the tiny forest shrew, which lives only one or two years, to the bowhead whale, capable of living for more than 200 years.

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Charles Coste, the oldest living Olympic gold medalist, has died. He was 101. Coste died on Oct. 30, according to Olympics.com. No cause of death was shared. Coste won his Olympic gold medal as team ...

Wenonah Bish, acknowledged as the oldest living person in Illinois, died in her sleep at The Villas Senior Care Community in Sherman on Nov. 1. Bish turned 113 years old just a month prior. Born in ...

PARIS (AP) — Charles Coste, the world’s oldest living Olympian and a cycling champion, has died. He was 101. The French presidency said in a statement on Tuesday that Coste died last Thursday. Coste ...

Former Olympic cyclist Charles Coste died last Thursday, according to the Associated Press. He had been the oldest living Olympian before his death at the age of 101. "The president of the republic ...

Nov 2 (Reuters) - French cyclist Charles Coste, who had been the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, has died aged 101, French media reported on Sunday. Coste, who won Olympic gold in track ...