There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

Millions of years ago, a group of adventurous iguanas, probably from Mexico, crossed the Pacific Ocean to Fiji on giant rafts ...

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

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

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

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

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

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

Scientists studying these creatures have often asked how they managed to get from their native lands in the Americas, to the ...