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Georgia and Florida have their share of gators, turtles, snakes and iguanas. Now add Argentine tegus to the mix. Here's where to spot them.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a list of invasive species in Florida encouraging people to eat some of ...
In reality, though, it’s big news in the science community. Professor Simon Scarpetta is the lead author on a study, ...
The newest Florida population of the invasive Argentine tegu lizard was recently discovered in this Florida county. What to know if you spot one.
The seizure comes months after over 1,000 lemurs and tortoises were smuggled into Thailand by way of Madagascar.
NEW YORK — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and ...
Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of floating vegetation. Genetic studies indicate they share a common ancestor ...
For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga have presented an evolutionary mystery. Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from southwestern US to the Caribbean and parts of ...
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Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean ...
Customs officials at Madurai airport seized a variety of live reptiles, including snakes, iguanas, tortoises, and chameleons, from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok via Colombo. The individual ...
A new study suggests iguanas reached Fiji by rafting around 5,000 miles from North America. How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji Fijian iguanas pose a conundrum to ...