The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely ...

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

Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from southwestern US to the Caribbean and parts of South America.

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific. The four species of iguanas that inhabit Fiji and Tonga today are descended from ...