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Iguanas’ 8,000 km Voyage: A Remarkable Ocean Crossing

Why in the News ? A new study reveals that Fijian iguanas likely traveled nearly 8,000 km from the Americas to Fiji on floating vegetation, making it the longest-known ocean crossing by a non-human vertebrate, solving a long-standing evolutionary mystery. About the Evolutionary Mystery: Fiji and Tonga have native iguanas, despite all other species being …