There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and ...

“I enjoy them because they come across as very amiable and easygoing,” says Amy MacLeod, a conservation biologist at Leipzig University, who studies marine iguana populations. “They are ...

Marine iguanas are unique in that they feed predominantly on the algae that grows on rocks near the shores of the Galapagos Islands. There are nine different types of algae that the iguanas feed ...

Large collections of Callovian (Middle Jurassic) marine reptiles from Cambridgeshire brick pits were purchased from Alfred Leeds in 1890 and 1914. These include many type and figured skeletons of ...

Here is a list of eight of the world's rarest animals. This critically endangered porpoise, found only in the Gulf of California, has fewer than 30 individuals remaining, making it the rarest marine ...

Isolated for millions of years, the islands have given rise to species found nowhere else on Earth, from vibrant birds and rare amphibians to ancient reptiles and diverse marine life. Among Fiji ...