Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

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

“That they reached Fiji directly from North America seems crazy,” said co ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and ...

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

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 ...

Nestled deep in the rural wilderness of Fiji’s mainland Viti Levu lies Natalei Eco Lodge, offering uncomplicated serenity ...

A crossing to Fiji, however, represents an almost unimaginable ... “the voyaging iguanas may even have had food on the journey.” Dr. Spencer said, “In the past, such long-distance dispersal ...

In her opening address, Consumer Council of Fiji CEO, Ms. Seema Shandil, underscored the need for collective action, highlighting that sustainability should not be a privilege for the wealthy but a ...

Fiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...