After a 5,000-mile float, these iguanas probably set an ocean record
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
KUOW10d
How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
Fijian iguanas pose a conundrum to biologists: How did these lizards normally found in the Americas wind up thousands of ...
Discover Magazine13d
Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles to Colonize Fiji Millions of Years Ago
Different iguana species are found across the globe, and some are endemic to specific regions, like the Galapagos and Fiji. In previous research, scientists believed that the native Fiji iguanas were ...
Did you know that iguanas undertook one of the longest known overwater migrations from America to Fiji?
Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of ...
USA Today11d
Pythons, iguanas, agama lizards: Exotic animals sightings around Florida's Treasure Coast
This species harms native Florida ecosystems, eats at least five different native frog species, lizards or small snakes, and their tadpoles compete with native tadpoles for space and food. A stray emu ...
University of California10d
Iguanas floated to Fiji millions of years ago on an unprecedented raft journey, scientists say
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean ... embarked on a comprehensive survey of all genera in the ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers11d
Pythons, iguanas, agama lizards: Exotic animals sightings around Florida's Treasure Coast
This species harms native Florida ecosystems, eats at least five different native frog species, lizards or small snakes, and their tadpoles compete with native tadpoles for space and food.