There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and the ...

The presence of iguanas in Fiji has puzzled scientists for years. Unlike other Pacific islands, Fiji is home to two unique ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North America to Fiji. By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long distance ...

“As soon as land appeared where Fiji now resides, these iguanas may have colonized it,” added McGuire, who is also a herpetology curator at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology ...

Most iguanas are indigenous to the Americas. So how did the Fijian species end up on the island, nearly 5000 miles away in ...

But one stands out as a record ocean traveler: Fiji iguanas, an endangered reptile found only on the remote islands of Fiji ...

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended ...

Millions of years ago, seafaring iguanas may have pulled off one of the greatest long-distance migrations the world has ever seen. That’s according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings ...

But for long-distance travel, the Fiji iguanas can't be touched. A new analysis conducted by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of San Francisco (USF ...

For decades, scientists have debated how Fiji’s iguanas arrived. Previous theories suggested that an extinct species of iguana rafted from the Americas without a clear timeline, while others ...

Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji The voyage, the longest known transatlantic dispersal of any land animal, took place within the last 34 million years Date ...