The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
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 ...
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...
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Americas to Fiji: Iguanas took longest-ever 5,000-mile ocean Uber 34 million years agoThe researchers conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis, examining over 4,000 genes from 200 iguanian specimens.
By studying the genetic divergence of Brachylophus, Fiji’s iguana species, from their closest relative, Dipsosaurus, North American desert iguanas, the research team determined that iguanas made it to ...
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