A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
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Discover Magazine on MSNIguanas Floated 5,000 Miles to Colonize Fiji Millions of Years AgoLearn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.
The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...
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