Iguana species have proved adept at making shorter crossings. In 1995, Dr. Scarpetta said, scientists observed at least 15 green iguanas rafting nearly 200 miles on hurricane debris from one ...

And this rafting hypothesis isn't entirely unprecedented. ... So how did the Fijian species end up on the island, nearly 5000 miles away in the South Pacific?

Initially they thought Fiji might be a bit too far for such a trip, but in a new study, researchers inspected the genes of 14 iguana species spanning the Americas, the Caribbean and Fiji.

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on floating vegetation.

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended from ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on floating vegetation.

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles ...

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“The probable mechanism of dispersal was rafting on a vegetation mat, so iguanas that voyaged from North America to Fiji could have had food from the raft itself on their journey across the ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on floating vegetation.