Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Iguanas Floated a Whopping 5,000 Miles From North America to Fiji on Rafts of Plants in a Record-Setting Trip, Study SuggestsSince most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...
eventually arriving in Fiji, according to a new study. Using genetic evidence, researchers propose that these iguanas made the extraordinary voyage by rafting on floating vegetation, possibly ...
Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
Chip Chick on MSN4d
Researchers Figured Out How Iguanas Crossed The Ocean And Landed In FijiAround 34 million years ago, iguanas traveled one-fifth of the way around the world from the western coast of North […] ...
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How Did the Iguana Cross the Pacific? Mystery SolvedMillions of years ago, a group of adventurous iguanas, probably from Mexico, crossed the Pacific Ocean to Fiji on giant rafts ...
But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...
LAMBERT: The other idea is that Fiji and Iguanas got there much more gradually. Over many generations, iguanas from the ...
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