Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji, genetic analysis indicates
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long-distance travel,
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, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and the chuckwallas in the American Southwest.
Iguanas likely crossed Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip - Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 ...
Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...
Initially, they thought Fiji might be a bit too far for such a ... adept at resisting dehydration and could have snacked on the plants underfoot."If you had to pick a vertebrate to survive a ...
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