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

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote Pacific island in the first place ...

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 ... 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 ...

The study authors also note that if it were upturned trees that brought the iguanas to Fiji, the trees may have provided food. Besides being expert sailors, it turns out that Brachylophus is an ...

"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 ...

“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 ...

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.