A pregnant iguana dug into a vegetated sand dune about 115,000 years ago on a small island in a chain of islands that one day would be called the Bahamas. Once she buried herself and was ...

Before the arrival of humans—with their dogs, cats, and wild pigs—the northern Bahamian rock iguana ruled its home range, being pound-for-pound among the biggest land animals on the islands.

Emory Health Sciences. (2020, December 9). First-known fossil iguana burrow found in the Bahamas. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 12 ...

Tourists feeding grapes to rock iguanas on remote islands in the Bahamas have given them a sweet tooth and high blood sugar, according to researchers, who warn of unknown effects on the health of ...

and seven different subspecies of rock iguana overall. Queen conch is a major resource in the Bahamas, but scientists and fishers worry stocks are declining. Photograph by Sam Cejtin, Shedd ...

(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 ...

THE Bahamas National Trust hopes to retrieve 13 critically endangered iguanas smuggled out of the country and into England by two Romanian tourists yesterday. Eric Carey, Executive Director of ...

Columbus’ famous 1492 landing was at San Salvador, a minor island in the Bahamas chain. Our landing early in May was 200 […] Skip to content All ... The week of the iguanas Share this: ...

The discovery of the first known fossil iguana nesting burrow, on an outer island of the Bahamas, fills in a gap of scientific knowledge for a prehistoric behavior of an iconic lizard. PLOS ONE ...