The New York Times

This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like

Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years. By Jude Coleman On a Mexican island in the ...
The Tico Times

The Rare Five-Keeled Spiny-Tailed Iguana of Costa Rica

Today we discuss one of the rarest reptiles in Costa Rica that happens to resemble one of the most common reptiles in Costa Rica. I’m speaking of course about the five-keeled spiny-tailed iguana. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Iguanas Are Native, Not Invasive, on This Mexican Island, DNA Study Suggests, Rewriting Conservation Ideas

The spiny-tailed iguanas on Mexico’s Clarion Island were long thought to have been introduced by humans. But a study published this October in the journal Ecology and Evolution turns that idea on its ...
Mongabay

Iguanas on Mexico’s Clarion Island likely native, not introduced by people: Study

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers have long speculated that humans introduced spiny-tailed iguanas to Mexico’s remote Clarion Island about 50 years ago. However, a ...