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The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved

The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved

There were two main hypotheses, says Simon Scarpetta, an evolutionary biologist at the University of San Francisco: Researchers thought the iguanas either drifted on vegetation rafts to Fiji from the Americas, or extinct ancestors migrated a shorter distance from Asia or Australia.


The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head

The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head

Though the specimens provide a wealth of information about Arthropleura, there’s a lot left to learn about this mighty millipede, including what it might have eaten and whether it walked on land, underwater or was capable of both.


Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction

Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction

For instance, today’s El Niño-Southern Oscillation — a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that brings heat and aridity to northern North America, dampens the Atlantic hurricane season, and induces droughts and floods globally — lasts roughly a year (SN: 2/13/23).