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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands ...

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?

They recommend the following guidelines when handling wild hogs: Green iguanas have been taking over South Florida since the 1960s, according to the FWC. These large green lizards are originally ...

"Iguana Island" may sound like a scary place, but in Turks & Caicos, the moniker fondly refers to Little Water Cay, home to the islands' remaining endangered population of rock iguanas. The Turks ...