If you liked this story, share it with other people. At least 60 wild iguanas have been captured, sold and exported from the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador under permits that shouldn’t have been ...
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 ...
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long-distance ...
“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 ...
As a full-time wildlife travel journalist and photographer, I get asked on a fairly regular basis what my favorite place to see wildlife is. It's a loaded question, as there are quite a few beautiful ...