In reality, though, it’s big news in the science community. Professor Simon Scarpetta is the lead author on a study, ...

Yet despite its relative isolation, tourism to the Pacific Island country is only growing increasingly popular. In 2024, the ...

The route from North America to Fiji might be the longest overwater journey by a non-human, land vertebrate species. The researchers say genetic evidence suggests the ancient iguanas might have ...

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 one giant ...

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 ...

Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of floating vegetation. Genetic studies indicate they share a common ancestor ...

(CNN) — Around 34 million years ago, the ancestors of modern iguanas likely embarked on what may be the longest overwater journey undertaken by a nonhuman, land-dwelling vertebrate species.

For decades, scientists have debated how Fiji’s iguanas arrived. Previous theories suggested that an extinct species of iguana rafted from the Americas without a clear timeline, while others ...

Millions of years ago, a group of adventurous iguanas did something no one expected. They crossed the Pacific Ocean from the Americas to the islands of Fiji on giant rafts of vegetation.

For decades, scientists have debated how Fiji’s iguanas arrived. Previous theories suggested that an extinct species of iguana rafted from the Americas without a clear timeline, while others ...