North Korea has staged the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to pound the streets of the reclusive country’s capital. The marathon, ...

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Fiji continues to grapple with issues of racial discrimination and inequality, with increasing worry about so many people leaving the country and around 100,000 have left the country in recent ...

Michelle Tellez of Sandwich made the dean’s list for the fall semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Michelle is enrolled in the university’s Olin Business School.

Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few incredibly remote Pacific islands, such as Fiji. Exactly how iguanas ...

Fiji's Tropica Island Resort. "Google Island", can be seen in the background, to the left. It was reportedly bought by Google co-founder Larry Page in lockdown. Every time I’ve been to Fiji, it ...

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended from ...

The political standoff over constitutional amendments in Fiji continues to escalate. This time, the coalition government accuses the opposition of weak leadership and refuses to engage in meaningful ...

Landmarks around the world go green for St. Patrick's Day A number of well-known landmarks from around the world have been turned green today to mark St Patrick’s Day. Tourism Ireland’s Global ...

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 ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is this possible? With their bright green scales and powder blue and ...

The Fiji iguanas are an outlier All told, there are over 2,100 species in the suborder Iguania, a large group that also includes animals such as chameleons, anoles, bearded dragons and horned lizards.