Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few ...

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

A genetic analysis of the world's iguanas may have just solved an enduring mystery of how the creatures ended up in Fiji.

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...

eventually arriving in Fiji, according to a new study. Using genetic evidence, researchers propose that these iguanas made the extraordinary voyage by rafting on floating vegetation, possibly ...

Initially, they thought Fiji might be a bit too far for such a ... "If you had to pick a vertebrate to survive a long trip on a raft across an ocean, iguanas would be the one," said study author ...