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Iguanas Sailed on ‘Natural Raft’ From North America to Fiji 34 Million Years Ago, Journey Stuns ResearchersThis discovery not only sheds light on the resilience of iguanas but also highlights the broader role of overwater dispersal ...
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Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study SuggestsSince most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ...
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...
At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...
LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...
While a monthslong voyage across the Pacific may seem impossible ... Some estimates suggest that an overwater journey from North America to Fiji could have taken anywhere from four to 12 months.
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