17 Márta 2025 · Discover the 8 Oldest Living Animals in the World here. Prepare to be transported into a rich & fascinating history on the oldest living animals that exist.

22 Iúil 2024 · While people on average live to see seventy years old, some animals can live much longer. Here are 25 oldest animals to have ever lived.

22 Meith 2024 · The phylum of animals called Porifera is colloquially known as sponges and sponges are the oldest living animals on Earth. They’re simple animals that filter passing ocean currents through porous bodies made of channels.

1 Beal 2025 · Antarctic sponges can live over 15,000 years, making them one of the oldest living organisms. Their simple structure and slow growth are key to their longevity.

25 Lún 2025 · The animal currently recognized as the oldest known vertebrate on Earth is the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). This remarkable species inhabits the frigid, deep …

23 MFómh 2025 · Discover the oldest animals in the world, from centenarian tortoises to a whale born before the Titanic sank. Learn about the longest living creatures on earth.

30 Samh 2023 · In fact, Jonathan is the oldest turtle/chelonian in recorded history, having taken the title in 2021 from Tu’i Malila (c. 1777–1965), a radiated tortoise that lived to be at least 188.

24 Meith 2025 · What’s the Oldest Animal on Earth? The title of oldest individual animal alive today arguably belongs to Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, estimated to have hatched …

20 Noll 2024 · Not quite as old as the coral – but still a record-breaker – is the Greenland shark, the oldest vertebrate in the world. Back in 2016, researchers used a sophisticated technique to calculate the maximum age of the animals, also known as ice sharks.

28 Aib 2025 · A decades-long debate over a 558 million-year-old fossil has now been settled after scientists were able to identify it as one of the Earth’s earliest known animals.