North American iguanas rafted 5,000 miles to colonize Fiji: Study
A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...
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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Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...
Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji, genetic analysis indicates
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
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Iguanas floated to Fiji millions of years ago on an unprecedented raft journey, scientists say
Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...
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How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...
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Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
Scarpetta conducted this research during his National Science Foundation ... can dislodge vegetation and carry animals along with it. To determine when iguanas arrived in Fiji, researchers ...
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How did iguanas get to Fiji? Chances are, they floated nearly 5,000 miles on vegetation rafts
Scarpetta conducted this research during his National Science Foundation ... can dislodge vegetation and carry animals along with it. To determine when iguanas arrived in Fiji, researchers ...