Fiji is home to two unique species of iguanas—the Fiji-banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) and the Fiji-crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis). But how did these reptiles, native to the ...

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 ...

Biologists used phylogenomic data to essentially build an iguana family tree — seeing which species were most closely related to one another. "The iguanas that live on Fiji were most closely ...

While sailors today can take advantage of favorable winds to reach Fiji from California in about a month, an iguana — or more likely a group ... the most likely scenario is represented by the dark ...

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 ...

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) rests on a coconut palm tree in Fiji. In a new analysis, its genus was most closely related to iguanas that live in the American Southwest and ...

In this episode of Pacific Scientific, we meet a man with a fascinating but fraught job, working at the edge of conservation and ecotourism.

The Fiji crested iguana is native to some of the island nation's northwestern islands, living in tropical, dry forests. It is a large lizard, growing up to 30 inches in length, and is known for ...

One of Fiji's reptiles — the Central Fijian banded iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) — clings to a tree.This might have been how his ancestors first made it to the remote islands. (Image credit ...

Fijian iguanas are only found throughout the tropical islands of Fiji and Tonga. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Alliance) Eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas rescued from a massive ...