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 ...

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

Learn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

Releases from the Aspinall Unit were increased from 700 cubic feet per second to 1,200 cfs starting Tuesday. Releases are being increased to coincide with the start of diversions at ...

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

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

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

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

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

"We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American desert iguanas, something that hadn't been ...