Iguana Bite Can Lead to Rare Bacterial Infection That May Take Months to Surface

Medicine & Technology May 12, 2023

Iguana rarely bites, but when they do, the victim is at risk of developing a rare bacterial infection called mycobacterium marinum. Read for the full story.

Sugar-craving animal? Iguana Bites 3-year-old Girl and Runs Off With Her Cake, Leaving Toddler With Bacterial Infection

Apr 04, 2023

During a family holiday, an iguana bit the hand of a little girl and ran off with her cake, leaving the little girl with a bacterial infection. Read to learn more.

Rogue Iguana Causes Massive Power Outage Before Dying; How Did They Become an Invasive Species in Florida?

Dec 10, 2022

A city commissioner proposed paying residents who could bring an iguana dead or alive to curb the number of invasive species in the area. Read the article to learn more.

New Lizard Species Has "Perplexing" Possible Positions in the Evolutionary Tree

Nov 04, 2020

A graduate student browsing the specimen drawers at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History has found a skull of a small lizard - leading to the discovery of a new species.

Iguana Species Hiding in Plain Sight is a New Specie No One Knows Not Until Now

May 28, 2020

Scientists have just recently discovered iguana species that have been lounging plain sight that wildlife traders have long regarded as distinctive island varieties.