Millions of years ago, a group of adventurous iguanas, probably from Mexico, crossed the Pacific Ocean to Fiji on giant rafts of vegetation.

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

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And perhaps even more baffling, some have a lot more than most animals — including ... an island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. The rare plant contains 160 billion base pairs, the coupled ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.

one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — across the Pacific Ocean, eventually arriving in Fiji, according to a new study. Using genetic evidence, researchers propose that these iguanas made ...

That curious question led scientists to connect oceanographic conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean to fish abundance ... Like most animals, well-fed seal mothers give birth to healthy pups.

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