Scientists have urged Ecuador to strengthen action against marine iguana smuggling from the Galápagos Islands after ...

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Marine biologists are sounding the alarm on behalf of the Galápagos Islands’ marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Without tightened regulations on the often abused exotic pet trade, researchers ...

Ecuadorian authorities recently stopped a smuggling attempt at the capital's airport that involved 32 live marine iguanas ...

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Twelve Galápagos marine iguanas were pulled from handbags at an Ecuadorian airport this year, stuffed inside with their limbs bound. Weeks later, officials found 32 more tied up in small plastic ...

Nearly 14,000 volunteers took part in the citizen science project Iguanas from Above, helping to count endangered Galapagos marine iguanas through an online survey—and in doing so, contributed to the ...

Ecuadorian authorities said they caught a Russian woman at the airport in Quito, the capital city, trying to smuggle 32 live ...

Galapagos marine iguanas are found only on the archipelago in the eastern Pacific. Until now, their population has never been fully recorded, as many of their colonies are difficult to access. These ...

An estimated 8,000 invasive green iguanas were removed from various Florida communities this week after a record-breaking freeze event that sent overnight temperatures down to the mid-30s for two ...

It is unlikely you'll visit just one island while vacationing on the Galápagos Islands. Each of the archipelago's 20 main ...