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

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.

NEW YORK — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South ... the 5,000 mile odyssey on a raft of floating vegetation — masses of uprooted ...

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile (8,000 kilometer) odyssey on a raft ...

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 ...