Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

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 ...

Biologists have long disagreed over how iguanas got to Fiji. While some supported the raft idea, others argued that such a ...

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 ...

Initially, they thought Fiji might be a bit too far for such a ... "If you had to pick a vertebrate to survive a long trip on a raft across an ocean, iguanas would be the one," said study author ...