New paper titled "A genomic perspective on the origins, evolution and adaptation of Galapagos iguanas" is currently under revision, but it is also available as pre-print here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.13.648612v1
Rescued baby iguanas are seen in a cardboard box, in an office of the Ministry of Environment in San Jose, May 25, 2015. Officers from the national police force of Costa Rica rescued 81 iguanas that had been confined to a box at a hotel in San Jose. The Ministry of the Environment rehabilitated the iguanas to a natural habitat. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
#Iguanas on the remote islands of Fiji may appear to live chill lives, but according to new research they had to work for it: by floating across thousands of miles of ocean on vegetation in the last 30 million years or so.
https://gizmodo.com/iguanas-pulled-off-crazy-record-breaking-ocean-voyage-scientists-say-2000576890
The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
Iguanas probably floated to #Fiji millions of years ago on record-breaking raft journey, scientists say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/iguanas-probably-floated-to-fiji-millions-of-years-ago-on-record-breaking-raft-journey-scientists-say clever old #iguanas
Taiwan began culling iguanas nearly 10 years ago and this year's target has been set at more than 100,000. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/17/asia-pacific/taiwan-bounty-hunters-iguanas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #invasivespecies #iguanas
[Repost] Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #115: It rains iguanas in Florida sometimes.
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#iguanas #reptiles #florida #weather #strangeweather #bizarre #wtf #butwhytho #strangebuttrue #webtoons #comics #webcomics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Salí a ver unos pájaros y me topé con esta iguana tomando el sol, quizás no se aprecia bien en la foto pero tenía escamas de un color muy intenso, si me hubieran enseñado un render perfecto en computadora hubiera pensado es falsa
La subí a iNaturalist por si alguien sabe la especie https://costarica.inaturalist.org/observations/252972960
The #history of #UBI, marine #iguanas, what makes for #happy life, how to let #animals into your heart, beautiful #art #Björk and much more, its edition 139 of #InterestingThings baby!
http://contentcatnip.com/2024/11/10/10-interesting-things-i-found-on-the-internet-139/
Female iguanas don't care for their young - once they hatch they are on their own - but young iguanas stick together for their first year. The males will protect their sisters from predators by shielding them with their bodies. Iguanas are the only reptiles which do this.
10 facts about iguanas:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2016/09/8-september-iguana-awareness-day.html
WaPo: "I went hunting for invasive iguanas in Florida. Not much went according to plan." #iguanas #chickenofthetrees #hunting #florida #invasive https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/16/iguanas-invasive-florida-hunting/
Hey Bryan, I just saw this on IG. Please confirm that every weather forecast in Florida is explained via iguanas. This is very important and I desperately need it to be true lol
I offer a colorful iguana on blue...A common site around Florida these days..I find their waddle funny. :)
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https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-iguana-art-on-beach-blue-sharon-cummings.html
Not sure why there is such a delay, Mark and Louise consider just heading off to another lunch spot.
#photography #fotografia #fotografie #WhatsTakingSoLongForLunch? #reptiles #iguanas #Nature #naturephotography #QuickiPhoneShot
#LauraCochranPhotography
Look at the colors of this iguana!!!
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.
Birds are not the only animals you can find in trees in the rain forest. Iguanas are everywhere!
Tortuguero National park, Costa Rica