Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Investigation underway into teen’s death in Costa Rica from possible foodborne illness
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Iguanas floated to Fiji millions of years ago on an unprecedented raft journey, scientists say
“That they reached Fiji directly from North America seems crazy,” said co ... Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and ...
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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How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...
Fiji Marks World Consumer Rights Day With A Call For A Just Transition To Sustainable Lifestyles
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Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
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 ...
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Iguanas floated 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on vegetation rafts, new study finds
For decades, scientists have debated how Fiji’s iguanas arrived ... “Being ectothermic means that you don’t expend many of your food resources or fat reserves maintaining an elevated ...