One of the most compelling examples is the Blue Iguana, native to the Cayman Islands. By 2002, this striking reptile had succumbed to habitat destruction and human activities, with numbers dwindling ...

Many Fijian iguana species are endangered, and an invasive green iguana roams the islands today, said study author Robert Fisher of the United States Geological Survey. Figuring out where these ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on floating vegetation.

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Despite being isolated on remote islands, the four species of iguana on Fiji and Tonga are endangered due to a combination of habitat loss, predation, and the exotic pet trade. The new research is ...

Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis). The close relationship between Fijian iguanas (some of which are endangered) and desert iguanas surprised biologist Christina De Jesús Villanueva ...

The Fiji iguanas are an outlier, sitting all alone in the middle of the Pacific. The four species on Fiji and Tonga are listed as endangered, primarily because of habitat loss, predation by ...

THE Bahamas National Trust (BNT) condemned the actions of a group of visitor who were seen harassing critically endangered iguanas on Bitter Guana Cay, Exuma, after a video of the incident ...

Many Fijian iguana species are endangered, and an invasive green iguana roams the islands today, said study author Robert Fisher of the United States Geological Survey. Figuring out where these ...

Airport officials in south India foiled an attempt to smuggle six endangered monkeys from Malaysia into India and sent the ...