Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

are most closely related to the North American desert iguana genus, Dipsosaurus. A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) rests on a coconut palm tree in Fiji. In a new analysis ...

Iguanas inhabit tropical, subtropical and desert ... or other plants. “The probable mechanism of dispersal was rafting on a vegetation mat, so iguanas that voyaged from North America to Fiji ...