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Fiji continues to grapple with issues of racial discrimination and inequality, with increasing worry about so many people leaving the country and around 100,000 have left the country in recent ...
Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few incredibly remote Pacific islands, such as Fiji. Exactly how iguanas ...
Fiji's Tropica Island Resort. "Google Island", can be seen in the background, to the left. It was reportedly bought by Google co-founder Larry Page in lockdown. Every time I’ve been to Fiji, it ...
This lofty band of reptiles traveled about 5,000 miles from the western coast of North America all the way to Fiji. Biologists believe that this is the longest known transoceanic dispersal of any ...
Rising dog bite cases Data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Deonar Abattoir office reveals a sharp rise in reported dog bite cases in Mumbai from 2020 to 2023. Obtained under ...
A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended from ...
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North America to Fiji. By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and ...
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is this possible? With their bright green scales and powder blue and ...
The Fiji iguanas are an outlier All told, there are over 2,100 species in the suborder Iguania, a large group that also includes animals such as chameleons, anoles, bearded dragons and horned lizards.
Shocking statistics reveal that five out of six children in Fiji experience violence, while the Fiji Police Force has recorded an average of five child sexual abuse cases every week. The Ministry ...
A Top End business that has been gathering dust for almost a decade could be on the market. Read what it is. And if a deal does go ahead it would result in hundreds of new jobs. Placed on ice in ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News. And if a deal does go ahead it would result in hundreds of new jobs. Placed on ice in 2018 ...