A body that weighs as much as a small airplane should face steep odds against cancer. You may expect that from a creature ...

As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years while staying remarkably disease resistant. How does one of the largest ...

The Bowhead whale (Bowhead whale, photo) is considered the longest-living mammal on Earth, capable of living for over 200 ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient? By Carl Zimmer For more than 1,000 years, the ...

The bowhead whale’s remarkable lifespan and low cancer risk stem from a finely tuned DNA repair system driven by a unique protein, CIRBP. Scientists found that this mechanism not only preserves the ...

Bowhead whales' cold-water habitats help the animals make more CIRBP protein. Vicki Beaver / Alaska Fisheries Science Center / NOAA FIsheries With a lifespan of over 200 years, bowhead whales are ...

A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape. “Everybody knows the bowhead whale is extremely long-lived, but nobody knew why,” says ...

Arctic giants, bowhead whales, possess incredible adaptations for survival in freezing, ice-covered waters. Their massive ...

The longest-lived mammal on Earth is the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), which lives more than 200 years. How do bowhead whales enjoy such longevity in the frigid Arctic Ocean? Scientists have ...

A cold-activated protein that helps to repair broken DNA could be the bowhead whale’s secret to living sometimes for more than 200 years. Researchers travelled to northern Alaska to collect samples of ...

I think we all can agree that whales are cool. I happen to think that every living species has some element of cool about it, but the coolness of whales is pretty self-evident. Even given that general ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...