Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The oldest person alive was honored on Japan's Respect for the Aged Day. Tomiko Itooka, now 116 years old, ...

Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest living person, turned 119 years old on Sunday, according to a <a target=_blank href= ...

When told about her becoming the oldest person, she replied, “Thank you,” a phrase she also relays often to the caretakers at ...

The world's oldest man, John Alfred Tinniswood, is turning 112 today at his care home in Merseyside, the United Kingdom. The ...

In 2007, whalers in Alaska killed a whale that had a Victorian-era explosive harpoon embedded in its neck. Here are the ...

The family of Maria Branyas, considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, posted on X that the American-born ...

There must be something in the water in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, as Minnesota has had some of the oldest residents in ...

At the age of 116, Tomiko Itooka from the western Japanese city of Ashiya officially became the oldest woman in the ...

Jonathan, a giant tortoise from Seychelles, celebrated his 191st birthday this year, becoming the world's oldest land animal.

By falsely linking Haitians in Springfield to the spread of infectious diseases, the GOP candidates are joining a long, ...

Are the world's oldest 'living fossil' coelacanths still evolving? Groundbreaking fossil research links plate tectonics with ...

Sheba, the oldest Grey Seal "living in human care," celebrates her 50th birthday. (Barry Williams / Cornish Seal Sanctuary ...