Some organisms can outlive humans by hundreds or even thousands of years, and the contender for Earth's oldest living thing ...

Here's a look at the oldest trees and animals on the planet and where to find them. These are the oldest living trees according ... Bristlecone pines are the oldest thing on the planet that ...

Bristlecone pines are the oldest thing on the planet that can be accurately measured. Though animals such as the glass sponges in Antarctica are estimated to be much older, they are not measured ...

In 1964, graduate student Donald Rusk Currey asked for permission to cut down a tree growing on Wheeler Peak in Nevada's Great Basin National Park. Though there are different accounts on the ...