Name: The world's oldest living things
Uploaded: 2010-09-03T08:52:00Z
Duration: 13 min 51 s
Description: Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.

Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.

Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things

The world's oldest living things

A journey to document the planet's oldest beings highlights their silent plea for conservation amid human encroachment and climate change.

A 3,000-year-old Llareta in the Atacama reveals nature's resilience and our transient existence, inspiring deeper time consideration.

80,000-year-old clonal colony of Quaking Aspen trees in Utah challenges our perception of individuality and biological longevity.