Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
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 ocean
In the Caribbean, they’ve been spotted clinging to floating mats of vegetation, drifting between islands. The Galápagos ...
After a 5,000-mile float, these iguanas probably set an ocean record
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
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Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles to Colonize Fiji Millions of Years Ago
Learn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.
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How did iguanas get to Fiji? Chances are, they floated nearly 5,000 miles on vegetation rafts
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How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...
Iguanas on rafts floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji, study finds
The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s Mexico to Fiji on rafts made of vegetation.