In reality, though, it’s big news in the science community. Professor Simon Scarpetta is the lead author on a study, ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and the ...

“We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and used to long periods without food and water. And if the flotsam ...

Most iguanas are indigenous to the Americas. So how did the Fijian species end up on the island, nearly 5000 miles away in ...

To determine when iguanas arrived in Fiji, researchers analyzed the genes ... “Being ectothermic means that you don’t expend many of your food resources or fat reserves maintaining an elevated ...

The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s Mexico to Fiji on rafts made of vegetation.

“The probable mechanism of dispersal was rafting on a vegetation mat, so iguanas that voyaged from North America to Fiji could have had food from the raft itself on their journey across the Pacific,” ...

“We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and used to long periods without food and water. And if the flotsam ...

"We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and used to long periods without food and water. And if the flotsam consisted of ...

To determine when iguanas arrived in Fiji, researchers analyzed the genes ... “Being ectothermic means that you don’t expend many of your food resources or fat reserves maintaining an elevated ...

"We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and used to long periods without food and water. And if the flotsam consisted of ...