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It turns out the man was there because of an issue that Catanzaro herself had brought up to her property management company — hoards of invasive iguanas. His weapon was actually an air gun.

Around 34 million years ago, the ancestors of modern iguanas likely embarked on what may be the longest overwater journey undertaken by a nonhuman, land-dwelling vertebrate species. Starting off ...

Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of floating vegetation. Genetic studies indicate they share a common ancestor ...

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile odyssey on a raft of floating vegetation — masses of uprooted trees and small plants.

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 ...

(CNN) — Around 34 million years ago, the ancestors of modern iguanas likely embarked on what may be the longest overwater journey undertaken by a nonhuman, land-dwelling vertebrate species. Starting ...