A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
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Fiji iguanas landed on the isolated group of South Pacific islands after voyaging 5,000 miles from the western coast of North America — the longest known transoceanic dispersal of any ...
The humble iguana may have have pulled off an epic migration millions of years ago, traveling from the coast of today’s Mexico to Fiji on rafts made of vegetation.
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Iguanas sailed one-fifth of the way around the world on rafts 34 million years agoAncient iguanas sailed around 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji by clinging to floating vegetation, new research ...
A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?
Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.
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Iguanas 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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