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

Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...

By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...

Fiji's 'outlier' iguana population made it there within the last 34 million years. By Laura Baisas Posted Yesterday About 34 million years ago, a group of iguanas went on an epic journey.

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.

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

Around 34 million years ago, iguanas traveled one-fifth of the way around the world from the western coast of North […] ...

“As soon as land appeared where Fiji now resides, these iguanas may have colonized it,” added McGuire, who is also a herpetology curator at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology ...

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 of miles and one giant ocean ...