This is the moment a machete-wielding thug who terrorised locals in a Kent town was found by police - cowering under his bed.

Mysteries surround the elusive Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Researchers have new insight into the unique fish’s genetic makeup.

These animals (mostly sea creatures) are the longest-living animals on Earth, and their lifespans are surprising, if not ...

Mysteries surround the elusive Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Researchers have new insight into the unique fish’s genetic makeup.

While the dream of most humans is to live more than a hundred years, these five long-living species live more than a hundred ...

Spiders, crabs, and other arthropods evolved from a group of animals that underwent a burst of diversity around 500 million ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren't one of the 4 million people who live ...

Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren't one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

Arctic tundra is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as hotter temperatures melt frozen ground and wildfires ...

Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as permafrost thaws, and increasing flooding and coastal erosion as sea levels ...

Across the Circumpolar North (a region spanning three continents that includes eight countries), scientists have observed increases in greening of between 20% and 40% in recent decades.