Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study Suggests
Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji, genetic analysis indicates
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
Scientific American7d
How Iguanas Got from North America to Fiji Millions of Years Ago
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
Fiji Marks World Consumer Rights Day With A Call For A Just Transition To Sustainable Lifestyles
In her opening address, Consumer Council of Fiji CEO, Ms. Seema Shandil, underscored the need for collective action, highlighting that sustainability should not be a privilege for the wealthy but a ...
ZME Science on MSN5d
Some 31 million years ago, these iguanas rafted over 5,000 miles of ocean
Fiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...