The sea lions of the Galápagos are not ready to give up mother’s milk

For most mammals, growing up means giving up their mother’s milk. Then there are the sea lions of the Galápagos Islands.
El Nuevo Día

Puerto Rican joins team of paleontologists that discovered a marine sloth fossil

Geological evidence suggests that the animal lived about 7 million years ago and measured approximately 4 feet in length ...
New York Post

Florida cold snap sends iguanas tumbling from trees on New Year’s Eve

Florida rang in the New Year under an Arctic chill — and the cold delivered one of the Sunshine State’s strangest spectacles: iguanas falling from the sky. A sharp cold snap sent temperatures plunging ...
Mongabay

Countries overwhelmingly support bid to bar Galápagos iguanas from international trade

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ecuador, which governs the Galápagos Islands, submitted two separate proposals to list the land iguana species and the marine iguana on CITES ...
CBS News

Salmonella from iguanas is making South Florida families sick, experts warn — and one dad is fighting back

Iguanas are becoming a growing health concern in South Florida, with doctors and residents warning that the invasive reptiles can spread salmonella through their droppings and even their bites — a ...
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Swimming for Cold Iguanas!

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People

Iguanas Are Dropping Out of Florida Trees, Paralyzed and Appearing Dead. Here’s What’s Happening

Residents in Central and Southern Florida have spotted iguanas falling out of trees due to cold temperatures Rachel McRady is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an entertainment journalist ...
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VIDEO: Iguanas falling from trees in Florida

25 NEWS. ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN. OKAY, BACK TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. WE FOUND SOME FALLING IGUANAS. I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN. YEAH, THEY GET COLD. STUNNED. IF YOU HAVEN’T ...
Nature

Iggy bop: how I tune in to the needs of Galápagos marine iguanas

“I study the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), a species indigenous to the Galápagos Islands, a province of Ecuador in the eastern Pacific. Iguanas are stoic, placid and funny creatures. My PhD ...
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Into the Wild: Journey to the Galápagos with Zoo Miami’s Head Veterinarian this October

Ok, so did Darwin get it right? We all like to use the saying, “survival of the fittest”, but do we really know what it means? Do we fully grasp the cruel reality of the circle of life and the ...
Mongabay

Study uncovers laundering of Galápagos iguanas through wildlife export permits

All four species of Galápagos iguanas are categorized as threatened on the IUCN Red List and require permits for international trade — something the Ecuadorian government doesn’t issue for live ...