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Scientists almost wiped out these iguanas—but they were living on this part of the planet long before humans

A population of spiny-tailed iguanas on Clarion Island, off the coast of Mexico, was nearly wiped out after being labeled an invasive species. It was assumed that humans had introduced these reptiles ...
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 ...
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Iguanas on Clarion Island, Mexico, found to predate human presence in the Americas

An international team of biologists, including those at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, have discovered that the spiny-tailed iguanas on Clarion Island (Mexico), previously thought to be introduced ...
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 ...
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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 ...