If you’ve ever wondered what the oldest animal on Earth is, or other old creatures living on Earth, continue reading below.

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

The longest living animals can survive for ... a Seychelles giant tortoise thought to be the oldest reptile living on Earth. ... The oldest living land animal is a 190-year-old Seychelles ...

Turner presented what she proposes as the oldest known animal — a fossil specimen of what she says is an 890 million-year-old sponge — in a 2021 paper in the journal Nature. However, not ...

Scientists recently found one billion-year-old fungi in Canada, changing the way we view evolution and the timing of plants and animals here on Earth. The fossilized specimen was collected in ...

A 550-million-year-old worm was one of the first animals to move and make ... the “explosion” of life 540 million years ago that included many major animal groups that exist on Earth today.

Simple animal life may have existed in Earth’s oceans 890 million years ago, according to new research. New fossils belonging to ancient sponges may be the earliest known belonging to an animal ...

The animal, native to the cold, deep waters of the North Atlantic, can live to at least 272 years—and possibly to the ripe old age of 500. (Related: " Meet the Animal That Lives for 11,000 Years .") ...

It seems like every year, the world discovers a newest oldest animal. Almost a decade ago, it was Ming, the 405-year-old clam.Then there was Jonathan, a giant tortoise who was touted as the world ...

The research also makes it sound as if most animal life on Earth tends to evolve towards creatures with brains. SOURCES: ... “A New Look at Some Old Animals” via PLos Biology ...

Earth's first animals had particular taste in real estate. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 05 / 230509122052.htm ...