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

By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...

A study reveals iguanas travelled from North America to Fiji by clinging to rafts of floating vegetation millions of years ago.

Fiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

A genetic analysis of the world's iguanas may have just solved an enduring mystery of how the creatures ended up in Fiji.

By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga have presented an evolutionary mystery. Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from the Southwestern United ...

The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...

Iguanas on the remote islands of Fiji may appear to live chill lives, but according to new research they had to work for it: by floating across thousands of miles of ocean on vegetation in the ...

Millions of years ago, a band of intrepid iguanas boarded a floating vessel, and reached the remote Pacific island chain.

By Laura Baisas Posted 10 Hours Ago About 34 million years ago, a group of iguanas went on an epic journey. This lofty band of reptiles traveled about 5,000 miles from the western coast of North ...

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji NEW YORK -- Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in ...