The Columbian3d
Iguanas likely floated to Fiji in record rafting trip
Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day ...
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
New research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft of ...
Hawai‘i Public Radio3d
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 ...
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Indiatimes6d
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 floating vegetation. Genetic studies indicate they share a common ancestor ...
The Vindicator6d
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
They thought maybe they scurried there through Asia or Australia before volcanic activity pushed Fiji so far away. But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the ...
How NASA’s waylaid astronauts finally got home
Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...