Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNIguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study SuggestsIguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few ...
A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ...
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...
The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s ...
A new study suggests iguanas reached Fiji by rafting around 5,000 miles from North America. How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji Fijian iguanas pose a conundrum to ...
Starting off the epic trek from the western coast of North America, these iguanas traveled nearly 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — across the Pacific ...
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