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Iguanas “Rafted” 8,000 Kilometers From North America To Fiji – A Record For Land Vertebrates
The arrival of iguanas in the South Pacific can only be explained, a team of biologists have argued, if they caught a lift on ...
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New study suggests Fijian iguanas 'rafted' across the Pacific from North America
A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ecosystems of volcanic islands.
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SAVING THE FIJI PETREL
The Fiji petrel is one of the world's rarest and most elusive birds. First known from just one immature specimen collected in 1855 on Gau Island, Fiji by naturalist John MacGillivray, the species went ...
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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 ...