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.

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 ...

Northern Bahamian rock iguanas on the Exuma Islands are also familiar with sightseers that ply them with grapes. The question was how much of an impact the sugar-charged diet is having on the ...

Iguanas in the Bahamas are getting a sweet tooth because of grapes fed to them 'ecotourists' Scientists say the sweet snacks are raising the rock iguanas' blood sugar and they don't yet know the ...

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 (C ...

“With only a few of these creatures native to the Bahamas in existence, the San Salvador rock iguana is considered extremely rare and is near extinction. All rock iguanas in the Bahamas are ...

“If we caught a three- to five-foot iguana ... rock iguanas. Conservation biologist Joe Wasilewski holds a male green iguana he recently trapped near Turkey Point. The Bahamian National Trust ...

Knapp noticed when northern Bahamian rock iguanas in uninhabited portions of the nation’s Exuma islands started being visited more and more by tourists. Instead of shying away from the intruders ...

Quirks and Quarks7:59Ecotourists could be giving rare tropical iguanas diabetes Endangered Bahamian rock iquana on the Exuma Islands (Submitted by Susannah French) Dolphins whistle at each other ...