Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

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 ...

And because the Fiji Islands emerged from the sea also about 34 million years ago ... Scarpetta, who has been enamored with salamanders, snakes and lizards since before high school, continues ...

New analysis suggests that Fiji iguanas landed on the Pacific islands after voyaging 5,000 miles from the western coast of ...

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to ...

It’s one of only three dive hubs in the South Pacific with such a prestigious certification (Sau Bay Resort & Spa in Fiji and Dive ... s endemic katuali sea snake—all found within one of ...

O n the tiny South Pacific island of Niue, a self-governing Polynesian nation with political ties to New Zealand, Niue Blue ...

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

The sea harbors some of the world's deadliest venomous sea snakes, including the black-banded sea krait, olive-headed sea snake, and others. Despite their potent venom, human encounters are rare ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...