A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
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Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
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Iguanas sailed one-fifth of the way around the world on rafts 34 million years agoAncient 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 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 ...
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
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Americas to Fiji: Iguanas took longest-ever 5,000-mile ocean Uber 34 million years agoFiji iguanas, an endangered reptile found only on the remote islands of Fiji and Tonga (part of Oceania). How did they get here, thousands of miles from any mainland? For decades, scientists have ...
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