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

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

The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s ...

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

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

The team found that the closest living relative of Fijian iguanas is the Dipsosaurus — a type of desert iguana native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, according to the ...

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.

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

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 ...