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

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

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 ...

Major weather events, such as hurricanes or floods, can dislodge vegetation and carry animals along ... these iguanas originated in North America, as no fossils of desert iguanas have been found ...

Overwater dispersal is the main way newly formed islands get populated by plants and animals, including humans ... “We found that the Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American desert ...

Major weather events, such as hurricanes or floods, can dislodge vegetation and carry animals along ... these iguanas originated in North America, as no fossils of desert iguanas have been found ...

In Latin "ovis" comes from "sheep" and honors the desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), an iconic and threatened ...

Fiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...