There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...

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 ...

On the first sailing of ecotourism brand andBeyond's new Galápagos expedition yacht, Chris Schalkx learns a lesson in ...

A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

That journey is thought to be a record — further than any other land-dwelling vertebrate has ever traveled on the ocean. Scientists think that’s how iguanas got to the Galapagos Islands off of ...