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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 Suggests
Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
How did iguanas get to Fiji? Chances are, they floated nearly 5,000 miles on vegetation rafts
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
All Whites vs Fiji: The lessons from football history for All Whites before Fifa World Cup qualifiers
Photo / Photosport All Whites coach Darren Bazeley is adamant there will be no complacency from his side for tonight’s Fifa ...
Scientists think they’ve finally figured out how iguanas got to Fiji
Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away from the collection of remote ...
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000-mile odyssey on a raft of floating ...
New Zealand Dominates Fiji 7-0: A Step Closer to World Cup Glory
Since Australia's transition to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), New Zealand has established itself as the preeminent force in Oceania football. The recent expansion of the World Cup has ...
Did you know that iguanas undertook one of the longest known overwater migrations from America to Fiji?
Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of ...
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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 Suggests
“That they reached Fiji directly from North America seems ... a zoologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History who was not involved with the study, tells the Associated ...
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Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Initially, they thought Fiji might be a bit too far for such a ... an evolutionary biologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, who was not involved with the new study.The ...