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

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long distance ...

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

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long-distance ...

Rafting — the term scientists use for hitching ... mile trip from South America on bobbing vegetation. A crossing to Fiji, however, represents an almost unimaginable challenge.

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 ...