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Iguanas “Rafted” 8,000 Kilometers From North America To Fiji – A Record For Land Vertebrates
The arrival of iguanas in the South Pacific can only be explained, a team of biologists have argued, if they caught a lift on ...
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Satori Holdings liquidators sell stake in Fiji development
The liquidators of Kiwi businessman Andrew Griffiths’ investment vehicle, Satori Holdings, have sold its 32% stake in a joint ...
North American iguanas rafted 5,000 miles to colonize Fiji: Study
A subset of North American iguanas likely landed on an isolated group of South Pacific islands about 34 million years ago — ...
Nature1d
Iguanas reached Fiji by floating 8,000 kilometres across the sea
Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.
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EXPERT REACTION: Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji New genetics support the theory that iguanas voyaged to Fiji on ...
Scientists think they’ve finally figured out how iguanas got to Fiji
Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away from the collection of remote ...
'Great loss': Fiji govt's constitutional reforms fail, PM decries setback
Criticising the opposition's lack of support, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka warns the defeat denies Fijians a chance to ...
The best adults-only resorts in Fiji: Tokoriki, Lomani and Tropica
So I went adults-only resort hopping and the vibe couldn’t have been more different from my past experiences. I had a slight ...
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Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
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 ...