Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years with little cancer. (CREDIT: Kate Stafford / Bering Land Bridge National Preserve) A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With lifespans topping 200 years, the 20-metre-long bowhead whales live longer than any other mammal and seems to be as good as ...

The bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it? A new study sheds some light on the secrets of this curious cetacean's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists searching for novel ways to fight cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead tucked away inside the cells of the bowhead whale. The findings, published in the journal Nature, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Recent research on bowhead whale DNA repair has led to one ...

Where might we look for inspiration for new cancer therapies? Some researchers say perhaps the bowhead whale. Here's science reporter Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: So there's this paradox in cancer ...

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 ...

A marine biologist captured video of the moment a bowhead whale cracked through a layer of ice in West Greenland in order to breathe. Fredrik Oscar Christiansen of Aarhus University in Denmark posted ...

A body that weighs as much as a small airplane should face steep odds against cancer. You may expect that from a creature packed with billions of cells, each with a chance to slip into danger as years ...