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Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study Suggests
Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
After a 5,000-mile float, these iguanas probably set an ocean record
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
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Ancient Iguanas “Rafted” 5,000 Miles to Fiji, Study Shows
Millions of years ago, a band of intrepid iguanas boarded a floating vessel, and reached the remote Pacific island chain.
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Iguanas floated to Fiji millions of years ago on an unprecedented raft journey, scientists say
A new analysis conducted by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of San Francisco (USF) ...
North American iguanas rafted 5,000 miles to colonize Fiji: Study
A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...
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How Iguanas Got from North America to Fiji Millions of Years Ago
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...