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 ...

For decades, scientists believed that acoustic communication evolved separately in different groups of vertebrates.

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A previously unidentified fish species has been named, and its origin has been traced to southern Taiwan following joint efforts between Taiwanese researchers and those at the Museum der Natur Hamburg ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

Although dinosaurs disappeared from the Earth millions of years ago and therefore ceased to be the predominant species on the ...

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

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Discover the Wallace Line, a biogeographical boundary between Asia and Australia, through the eyes of naturalist Alfred ...

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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Animals are finely adapted to their native habitats, but when they are introduced to other ecosystems, they can become ...