For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga have presented an evolutionary mystery. Every other living iguana species ...

This discovery not only sheds light on the resilience of iguanas but also highlights the broader role of overwater dispersal ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

They thought maybe they scurried there through Asia or Australia before volcanic activity pushed Fiji so far away. But new ...