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

This discovery not only sheds light on the resilience of iguanas but also highlights the broader role of overwater dispersal ...

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

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...

A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...

Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...

By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...