We’ve already mentioned the marine iguana’s blunt snouts and sharp claws that allow them to feed. They’ve also developed webbed feet and a flattened tail, which help them swim and dive deep ...

Greg Lewbart is catching marine iguanas to study their unusual shrinking ... [Greg] Yeah, they're pretty fast. On the flat, I think I could outrun one--ha-- but on the rocks, no way.

“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 ...

They’re marine iguanas and, with their bodies often intertwined ... to quickly reduce blood flow to irrigate only essential organs and so conserve both heat and oxygen; a flattened tail and strong ...

Sure, I love to see pelicans, albatross and hawks too, but my heart is with iguanas. If you’re a ... details include a laterally flattened tail that acts as a rudder for swimming, and a squared ...

A marine iguana sits on the bottom of the ocean as thousands of fish swim by in an unforgettable shot captured near the Galapagos Islands. The isolated islands - famous for Charles Darwin's 1835 ...

In the footage, the iguana crawls along the sea bed searching for food before lifting off and heading back to the surface for air. As he dives again his long tail can be seen sweeping from side to ...

Marine iguanas vary considerably in size depending on which of the 13 principal islands in the Galapagos they live on. Body length, not including the tail, ranges from a maximum of just 28 ...

the tail, to propel them through the water. This allowed them to chase down their prey. Mosasaurs' ancestors were most likely similar to marine iguanas of the modern Galapagos Islands, land ...

claws and a lashing tail The athleticism of the iguana came to the attention of the world when a hatchling marine iguana was filmed narrowly escaping racer snakes in the BBC's Planet Earth II ...

An Ohio man was arrested on Tuesday after police said he violently swung an iguana by its tail over his head and flung it at a restaurant. The incident took place at Perkins Restaurant in ...