Why is this important? Underwater drones are already used to inspect oil pipelines, monitor melting ice, clean up pollution, study marine life, and even find underwater mines. But current models use ...

The presence of iguanas in Fiji has puzzled scientists for years. Unlike other Pacific islands, Fiji is home to two unique ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and ...

Where established, invasive green iguanas have negative impacts on private property, agriculture and horticulture, infrastructure and human safety, and the natural environment. Most attempts to ...

Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling ... Small creatures like insects or marine invertebrates often use such methods to reach distant islands.

For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga have presented an evolutionary mystery. Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from southwestern US to the Caribbean and parts of ...

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Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean ...

A new study suggests iguanas reached Fiji by rafting around 5,000 miles from North America. How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji Fijian iguanas pose a conundrum to ...

These include the well-known marine iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, but also the chuckwallas of the American Southwest. A map of the world 34 million years ago, showing hypothesized scenarios for ...

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (WBBH) - As consumers deal with high egg prices, a Florida man is turning to iguanas for breakfast, one scramble at a time. From bullet to brunch, it might be the most Florida ...

Iguanas are known for their ability to island-hop. In the Caribbean, they’ve been spotted clinging to floating mats of vegetation, drifting between islands. The Galápagos marine iguana ...