Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few incredibly remote Pacific islands, such as Fiji. Exactly how iguanas ...

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 ...

North American iguanas rafted 5,000 miles to colonize Fiji: Study by Sharon Udasin - 03/17/25 3:00 PM ET Rick Rycroft, Associated Press ...

Researchers believe the iguanas made the more than 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) journey on rafts made of vegetation, arriving in Fiji shortly after the islands formed. "You could imagine some kind ...

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Scientists think that's how iguanas got to the Galapagos Islands off of Ecuador and ...

The Paleogene period was 66 to 23 million years ago. So, technically, sorta, kinda…iguanas were the first creatures to ride waves in Fiji – long before any human stumbled around.

NEW YORK — 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 of miles and ...

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?

A male Central Fijian banded iguana, Brachylophus bulabula, from Ovalau Island, Fiji. Credit: USGS Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago ...

Iguanas have already demonstrated an ability to survive long-distance ocean travel, according to an October 1998 study. At least 15 green iguanas appeared on the beaches of Anguilla in the ...

The iguanas safely made it from Guadeloupe to Anguilla, Scarpetta said, a distance of about 186 miles. Reaching Fiji would have been nearly 30 times as far.