Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

This discovery not only sheds light on the resilience of iguanas but also highlights the broader role of overwater dispersal ...

A new study suggests iguanas reached Fiji by rafting around 5,000 miles from North America. How land-loving iguanas from ...

Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s ...

Instead, he thinks a small group of iguanas made one single trip from North America to Fiji. Similar albeit shorter trips have been observed on tangles of downed trees in the Caribbean.

Starting off the epic trek from the western coast of North America, these iguanas traveled nearly 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — across the Pacific ...

Fijian iguanas pose a conundrum to biologists ... They argue that a single dispersal event, likely more than 5,000 miles, from North America to Fiji is the most likely scenario.

Fijian iguanas pose a conundrum to biologists ... They argue that a single dispersal event, likely more than 5,000 miles, from North America to Fiji is the most likely scenario. The study "does an ...