Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

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

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

Fiji sees ocean accounting as a crucial tool in shaping policies that go beyond traditional GDP measurements. By integrating ...

However, the four iguana species found on the Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga are a bit of an outlier. They sit there in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and scientists have long debated how they ...

The researchers conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis, examining over 4,000 genes from 200 iguanian specimens.

Previously, biologists had proposed that Fiji iguanas may have descended from an older lineage that was more widespread ...

The vast stretch of open ocean between North America and Fiji could only have been crossed by floating on mats of vegetation that were swept out to sea. Such a voyage would be the longest oceanic ...

Fiji is exploring solutions used by Korean fishermen, including biodegradable fishing mainlines that deteriorate within seven years ...

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 ...