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 ...

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 ...

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 North American ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and used to long periods without food and water. And if the flotsam ...

"The iguanas that live on Fiji were most closely related to a group ... they may even have a source of food to eat." Given their desert ancestry, these iguanas would've been ideally suited to ...

After studying the DNA of more than 200 iguana specimens from museum collections worldwide, the team determined that Fiji iguanas, which belong to the genus Brachylophus, are most closely related ...