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

This discovery not only sheds light on the resilience of iguanas but also highlights the broader role of overwater dispersal ...

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

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

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 ...

Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands ... suggesting overwater rafting was a plausible arrival route. The theory of "rafting", where species travel across ...

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 ...

Around 34 million years ago, the ancestors of modern iguanas likely embarked on what may be the longest overwater journey undertaken by a nonhuman, land-dwelling vertebrate species.