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

A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...

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

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North America to Fiji. By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The researchers conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis, examining over 4,000 genes from 200 iguanian specimens.

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is this possible? With their bright green scales and powder blue and ...