There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Some 31 million years ago, these iguanas rafted over 5,000 miles of oceanFiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...
Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...
Scientists studying these creatures have often asked how they managed to get from their native lands in the Americas, to the ...
LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...
Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from southwestern US to the Caribbean and parts of South America.
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