Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
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Discover Magazine on MSNIguanas Floated 5,000 Miles to Colonize Fiji Millions of Years AgoLearn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.
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SURFER on MSNAncient Iguanas “Rafted” 5,000 Miles to Fiji, Study ShowsMillions of years ago, a band of intrepid iguanas boarded a floating vessel, and reached the remote Pacific island chain.
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
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 ...
New analysis suggests that Fiji iguanas landed on the Pacific islands after voyaging 5,000 miles from the western coast of ...
A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific ... formed islands get populated by plants and animals, including humans ...
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to ...
These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNIguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study SuggestsSince most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
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