A million years old and still alive!

Here's a quick question for you: which is the world's oldest living being?

Chances are you would bank on the tortoise, but even the oldest known of these is only 175 years. We are talking in thousands of years! Quick!

How about something 400,000 to 600,000 years old? Yes, that is the age of the Siberian actinobacteria found in Copenhagen by researcher Rachel Sussman. And then there is the 100,000-year-old Posidonia Oceanica sea grass living off the coast of Ibiza! Or the Creosote bush found in Mojave desert of California which is 12,000 years old. The 13,000 year old underground forest of South Africa. And the 80,000 year old Aspen colony of Utah... for more of these ancients, check out TED.

What do these Ancients tell us besides the records of thousands of years? They speak of nature's resilience and adaptation to severe conditions. They also exhibit telltale symptoms of climate change induced scars. A stark reminder of how the human race stands to wipe out some of the planet's incredible life forms...