How This 164-Foot Catamaran Is Bringing Luxe Superyacht-Style Chartering to the Galápagos

This new 164-foot catamaran has blown the Galápagos Islands’ charter offerings wide open.
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 ...
People

Here's Why South Florida Iguanas Turn Orange During the Holiday Season

The color change is not only a signal to the opposite sex, but a testament to the invasive animal's adaptivity to the Floridian climate Getty Male green iguanas turn orange during the breeding season ...
Digital Journal

Landmark decisions deliver historic safeguards for species threatened by the global pet trade

Human demand for shark fin soup, particularly in East Asia, has threatened shark populations - Copyright AFP/File OLIVIER DOULIERY Human demand for shark fin soup ...
Hartford Courant

The growing exotic pet trade drives illegal sales online and a push for tighter rules

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...
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 ...
WPLG

Endangered species convention proposes new rules for growing exotic pet trade

International Pet Trade FILE -In this May 2, 2020 photo, a marine iguana suns on the edge of a boardwalk in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. (AP Photo ...
Miami Herald

Can iguana poop make you sick? What the South Florida experts say

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. The ...
The New York Times

This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like

Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years. By Jude Coleman On a Mexican island in the ...
The Baltimore Sun

Caribbean restaurant to open in No Land Beyond space in Baltimore

A Caribbean restaurant is preparing to open in a board game bar’s former Charles North location. Bleu Iguana Caribbean Cuisine will be coming to 2125 Maryland Ave., according to signage outside 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 ...
EurekAlert!

Citizen science: Counting Galapagos marine iguanas for conservation

Galapagos marine iguanas are found only on the archipelago in the eastern Pacific. Until now, their population has never been fully recorded, as many of their colonies are difficult to access. These ...