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North American iguanas rafted 5,000 miles to colonize Fiji

Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji, genetic analysis indicates

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 travel,

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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 — having rafted some 5,000 miles from the West Coast of the faraway continent,

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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 million years ago,

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A Billionaire’s Bold Plan to Colonize the Ocean

For decades, billionaires have focused on space exploration, but one mysterious investor is looking in the opposite direction ...

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Democrats leave the chamber as Trump says the US will colonize Mars

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3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the moon and Mars

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only ...

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How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji

A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?

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 ...

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Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles to Colonize Fiji Millions of Years Ago

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

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