A tiny fern has secured the Guinness World Record for having the largest genome of any living organism on Earth. When unravelled, the New Caledonian fork fern species Tmesipteris oblanceolata’s ...

A small fern species, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, found in the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia, now holds the record for the largest known genome.New research reveals that the fern’s genome ...

(jacqui-nz on iNaturalist/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — A small, seemingly unremarkable fern that only grows on a remote Pacific island was on Friday crowned the Guinness World ...