Iguanas likely crossed Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip - Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji ...

The 'Tongan castaways' miraculously worked together to survive on the volcanic island before their unexpected rescue more ...

The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s ...

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

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

The researchers conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis, examining over 4,000 genes from 200 iguanian specimens.

A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?

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 ...

Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.

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

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