How Did Iguanas Get to Fiji?

All iguanas belong to the same created kind and live exclusively in the Americas���with one exception. Fijian iguanas (four living species) inhabit the islands of Fiji in the South Pacific. And how those lizards made the nearly 5,000-mile journey across the world has been a mystery in the evolutionary worldview���but now researchers think they���ve solved the mystery.

Based on genetic comparisons of the genomes of various iguana species, researchers believe iguanas floated across the ocean on ma...