Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of ...

Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...

As they began comparing the data to that of the Fiji iguanas, the scientists found that these animals were most closely related to iguanas in the genus Dipsosaurus. Within that genus, the most ...

LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...

Iguanas colonized Fiji after surviving an 8,000-kilometre sea voyage — the longest known oceanic migration by any land-dwelling vertebrate 1. Animals that can’t fly or swim have a hard time ...

animals, and even humans. This process often leads to the evolution of new species and ecosystems. This study suggests that the original ancestors of Fiji’s iguanas coincided with islands ...

The Fiji iguanas are an outlier All told, there are over 2,100 species in the suborder Iguania, a large group that also includes animals such as chameleons, anoles, bearded dragons and horned lizards.

"That they reached Fiji directly from North America seems crazy ... a large group that also includes animals such as chameleons, anoles, bearded dragons and horned lizards.

Around 34 million years ago, iguanas traveled one-fifth of the way around the world from the western coast of North […] ...

“There is nothing quite like Vawa anywhere in Fiji, the South Pacific or ... the island is owned by the National Trust and said to be a wildlife haven, home to red squirrels, a variety of ...

Researchers believe the iguanas made the more than 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) journey on rafts made of vegetation, arriving in Fiji shortly after the islands formed. "You could imagine some kind ...