Fiji, an archipelago of over 300 islands in the South Pacific, is a biodiversity hotspot teeming with unique and often ...

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

A study reveals iguanas travelled from North America to Fiji by clinging to rafts of floating vegetation millions of years ago.

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting 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.

Millions of years ago, a band of intrepid iguanas boarded a floating vessel, and reached the remote Pacific island chain.

A PRIVATE island that comes with its own hurricane-proof home has hit the market for £11.5m. Vawa island is located at ‘the ...

The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day ...

Learn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.

Luckily, iguanas are large and herbivorous and used to long periods without food and water ... the Galapagos Islands, but also the chuckwallas of the American Southwest. The Fiji iguanas are ...