(CN) — On the Exuma Islands, tourists happily feed grapes to the Northern Bahamian rock iguana. The reptiles' blood sugar levels are rising because of it. A group of researchers studied the rock ...
As the old English saying goes ‘a little of what you fancy does you good’, but the current human type 2 diabetes epidemic suggests that you can have too much of a good thing. ‘A prolonged high sugar ...
Some Caribbean iguanas live a very plush life, by lizard standards. On the Exuma islands in the Bahamas, doting tourists routinely feed skewers of grapes to local Northern Bahamian rock iguanas ...
Northern Bahamian rock iguanas (Cyclura cychlura), already listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, face a grave new threat: adoring tourists who ...
Iguana research : looking back and looking forward / Gordon M. Burghardt -- The evolution Of iguanas : an overview of relationships and a checklist of species / Bradford D. Hollingsworth -- Genetic ...
The Lesser Antillean iguana is a critically endangered species that has vanished from much of the Eastern Caribbean. Among ...
Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 54, No. 1 (January 2020), pp. 67-77 (11 pages) West Indian rock iguanas (genus Cyclura) represent the most endangered group of lizards in the world, with most taxa ...
Because iguanas are large and easily observed, they are one of the more conspicuous examples of speciation on oceanic islands. To see a larger image, click here. Photo by Jeff Mitton. A ...
In 2004, a Florida driver on the road with a broken windshield after Hurricane Charley. Chuck Fadely Miami Herald File You may not even see it coming. A rock, steel rod or animal hits your car ...