Ancient Species
Animals
World’s Oldest Aquarium Fish ‘Methuselah’ Turns 101
A new study reveals that Methuselah, the world's oldest aquarium fish, might be much older than we previously thought, possibly even more than a hundred years old.
Methuselah is a female Australian lungfish, and she lives at the Steinhart Aquarium...
Africa
Homo Sapiens May Not Have Been the First Species to Use Fire
New emerging evidence discovered in South Africa nullifies prior suggestions indicating that homo sapiens was the first species to use fire.
Analysis of fossil remains unearthed from the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa indicates that Homo naledi, an...