The Serra do Assuruá is in the north-central region of the Bahia state of Brazil, on the country’s east coast. The research ...
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 ...
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...
Salamanders can regenerate their lost body parts like limbs, tail, and even part of their heart and spinal cord. This incredible regenerative ability makes them unique. Sea Cucumbers can regenerate ...
The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.
A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene.
There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...
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IFLScience on MSNIguanas “Rafted” 8,000 Kilometers From North America To Fiji – A Record For Land VertebratesThe arrival of iguanas in the South Pacific can only be explained, a team of biologists have argued, if they caught a lift on ...
Brock’s iron shield fish adds to the rich prehistoric history of McGraths Flat, and contributes to its classification as a ...
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Discover Magazine on MSNIguanas Floated 5,000 Miles to Colonize Fiji Millions of Years AgoLearn more about Fiji’s iguana species and how they likely used natural rafts to float to Fiji some 34 million years ago.
At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...
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