Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...
By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...
Animal control officers are caring for a large iguana that was found in a residential area of West Hartford. West Hartford police responded to Westmoreland Drive after a resident reported seeing ...
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 ...
Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and one giant ocean ...
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.