Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...
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How Iguanas Got from North America to Fiji Millions of Years Ago
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
North American iguanas rafted 5,000 miles to colonize Fiji: Study
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 ago
The researchers conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis, examining over 4,000 genes from 200 iguanian specimens.
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The Fiji iguana Brachylophus vitiensis (IMAGE)
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 ...