“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ecosystems of volcanic islands.

A global coalition of Indigenous rights advocates is urging the Paraguayan government and international community to take ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North America to Fiji. By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and ...

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended ...

In a heart-warming turn of events, South African lion cubs Yoda and Ysis have finally returned home after enduring an arduous journey of exploitation and abuse in Europe. Rescued from a life of ...

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended from ...

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 ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long distance ...