Drua Academy captain Tane Susau embraced the honour of leading his side in their historic first match against Australia’s ...

Gagana Samoan is the most widely spoken Pacific language in New Zealand. In Canterbury, Gagana Samoan is spoken by 68.8% of those who speak a Pacific language (compared to 62.0% nationally). 12,381 ...

Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert regions of the Americas—but surprisingly, they’re also found on a few incredibly remote Pacific islands, such as Fiji. Exactly how iguanas ...

Fiji's Tropica Island Resort. "Google Island", can be seen in the background, to the left. It was reportedly bought by Google co-founder Larry Page in lockdown. Every time I’ve been to Fiji, it ...

This lofty band of reptiles traveled about 5,000 miles from the western coast of North America all the way to Fiji. Biologists believe that this is the longest known transoceanic dispersal of any ...

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 ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is this possible? With their bright green scales and powder blue and ...

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 ...

The Fiji iguanas are an outlier All told, there are over 2,100 species in the suborder Iguania, a large group that also includes animals such as chameleons, anoles, bearded dragons and horned lizards.

It's an increasingly common story in Fiji, where the rapid growth in HIV cases jolted the government into declaring an outbreak in January. While the country is scrambling to stem the increase in ...

Chiefs’ Assistant Coach Jono Gibbes Photo: RugbyPass, Fijian Drua forwards coach Chris Gibbes It will be a battle of the brothers this afternoon in Lautoka when the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua ...

A heavy rain warning remains in force for the whole of Fiji group. A flash flood warning ... Lau Group and Lomaiviti except Rotuma will remain closed until further notice, with the closure ...