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

The new analysis puts those theories to rest. “We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American ...

Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few ...

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

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

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

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...

A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ...

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

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

"The iguanas that live on Fiji were most closely related to a group of iguanas that I knew very well from the United States ...

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