A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
Ancient iguanas sailed around 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji by clinging to floating vegetation, new research ...
Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away from the collection of remote ...
A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
Learn more about Fiji's iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...