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 ...

Bowhead whales are remarkable for their immense size, reaching up to 60 feet in length and weighing as much as 100 tons, and their extraordinary lifespan of up to 200 years or more. There truly is no ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the late 1800s, some unknown whalers sailed the frozen waters of the Arctic, hunting down a bowhead whale. They were equipped with the latest in whaling technologies, a weapon known as a bomb lance ...

The Earth's longest-living creatures are members of the sponge family, with some specimens having lived since the Neolithic Revolution. The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) may be positively ...

Section I: Basic Biology 1. Higher-Level Phylogeny of Baleen Whales 2. Fossil Record 3. The Stocks of Bowheads 4. Distribution and behavior of Bering-Beaufort-Chukchi bowhead whales as inferred by ...