Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

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

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

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

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...

The Argentine black and white tegu lizard is a non-native, invasive species distributed throughout Florida through escapes or ...

Scientists studying these creatures have often asked how they managed to get from their native lands in the Americas, to the ...

Ancient iguanas sailed around 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji by clinging to floating vegetation, new research ...

Millions of years ago, a band of intrepid iguanas boarded a floating vessel, and reached the remote Pacific island chain.