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Iguanas floated to Fiji millions of years ago on an unprecedented raft journey, scientists say
Most iguanas live in the Americas. But scientists have found evidence some floated to Fiji, likely snacking on their raft ...
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How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...
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Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ... American to the Galapagos Islands, the massive 5,000-mile trip to Fiji took them by surprise.