The Associated Press on MSN11d
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study Suggests
Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few ...
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EXPERT REACTION: Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...
India Today10d
Did Iguanas really cross the Pacific on a Natural Raft? Experts explain
Scientists think that’s how iguanas got to the Galapagos Islands off of Ecuador and between islands in the Caribbean.
WMUR11d
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
They discovered that Fijian iguanas were most closely related to desert iguanas from North America ... a vertebrate to survive a long trip on a raft across an ocean, iguanas would be the one ...