The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...
But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000-mile odyssey on a raft of floating ...
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River ...
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...
The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...
The gray whales are on their annual migration path between breeding grounds in Mexico and feeding grounds off the coast of ...
New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...
Loyalty isn’t just a human trait. In the wild and at home, certain animals form unshakable bonds with their partners, ...
The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display ...
With his magnificent underwater images, Gerardo del Villar wants to rehabilitate the reputation of the ocean’s great ...