iguanas
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It’s So Cold In Florida, Iguanas Are Falling From The Sky
It’s cold in Florida, so you know what that means: falling iguanas. No, seriously. The U.S. National Weather Service’s Miami office issued a warning Tuesday that temperatures could dip into the 30s and 40s on Wednesday, leading to iguanas plummeting out of trees. And Twitter users confirmed Wednesday morning that many iguanas did, in fact,…
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Iguanas Reintroduced To The Largest Galapagos Island After Nearly 200 Year Absence
In 1835, Charles Darwin documented the presence of iguanas on Santiago island, the largest in the Galapagos archipelago. It probably never dawned on the pioneering naturalist that he would be the last scientist to do so. Invasive species wiped the island clean of iguanas — an ecological void that’s now been filled thanks to an…
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Fine Dining May Solve Puerto Rico’s Invasive Iguana Problem
Puerto Rico is overrun with green iguanas, and they’re wreaking havoc on the island’s ecosystem and its economy.