Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...

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

A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...

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

Learn more about Fiji's iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.

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 ...