4200 Year Old Coral Discovered off Hawaii (2009-3-26)
Scientists from Texas A&M College of Geosciences just announced the discovery of a species of coral that has been carbon dated and found to be over 42 centuries old! This would make the species, Leiopathes, among the oldest continuously living organisms on the planet, rivaling the nearly 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine trees growing in the Sierra [...]