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Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study Suggests
Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
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Proposed military rocket test site in remote Pacific wildlife refuge alarms scientists
The U.S. Air Force issued a notice this month proposing the construction of two landing pads on Johnston Atoll to test the ...
Iguanas likely crossed Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Iguanas likely crossed Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip - Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 ...
Scientists think they’ve finally figured out how iguanas got to Fiji
Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away from the collection of remote ...
Man who lives in most remote place on Earth explains shocking way he has to live
A man who lives in the most remote place on Earth has opened up about how he survives there. Before you ask, no this lad ...
Pacific atoll water security requires new approach, say researchers
Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access ...
The Ultimate Castaways: How Iguanas Survived a 5,000-Mile Ocean Voyage
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Early Seafarers Ruled the Oceans With Sophisticated Boats 40,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests
Southeast Asians may have built advanced seafaring vessels tens of thousands of years before the Polynesians settled remote Pacific islands. © Alfred Pawlik The ...
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Iguanas likely crossed Pacific via raft
Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands ...
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Pacific island water security requires new approach
Hydrology experts are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already ...
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Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and one giant ocean away. They thought maybe they scurried there through ...