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

Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...

North America, with its variety of climates and landscapes, is home to some pretty amazing and incredible animals. From the Arctic of Greenland and Canada, the grasslands, deserts, forests ...

The researchers conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis, examining over 4,000 genes from 200 iguanian specimens.

Because of their size, they ambushed their prey, working together to bring down an animal once they had a hold of it. It's thought that dire wolves evolved in South America and ventured north, ...

the scientists found that these animals were most closely related to iguanas in the genus Dipsosaurus. Within that genus, the most widespread lizard is the North American desert iguana ...

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...

The continent across the Atlantic Ocean, where wildlife thrives among the varied landscapes: North America ... at 40 mph (64 kmh). Both animals are found in the same desert areas of southwestern ...

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 ...