Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study SuggestsIguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few ...
Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from southwestern US to the Caribbean and parts of South America.
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
ZME Science on MSN15h
Some 31 million years ago, these iguanas rafted over 5,000 miles of oceanFiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
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