Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away from the collection of remote ...

Fiji iguanas, an endangered reptile found only on the remote islands of Fiji and Tonga (part of Oceania). How did they get here, thousands of miles from any mainland? For decades, scientists have ...

The arrival of iguanas in the South Pacific can only be explained, a team of biologists have argued, if they caught a lift on ...

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?

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 ...

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

If you’re a foodie attending the Nvidia conference this week, you’re in luck. San Jose, with its population of nearly a ...

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

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

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...

WAIMANALO, Hawaii (KHON2) — Officials in east Oahu are asking residents to keep an eye out for giant iguanas. Experts said there are ways to help mitigate their spread. Residents added that the ...

In captivity, iguanas can live up to 20 years. So this creature probably had some experience and a lot of iguana wisdom stored in its reptilian brain, at least as much as a caged animal can.