SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas rescued from a massive illegal wildlife trafficking operation in Spain have a new home Friday at the San Diego Zoo. The iguanas were among ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo took in eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas after they were intercepted in Spain from illegal wildlife trafficking, the zoo said in Thursday's press release. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male central Fijian banded iguana, Brachylophus bulabula, from Ovalau Island, Fiji. (USGS/Fijian iguana) It sounds like a ...

Eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas rescued from traffickers in Spain are now at the San Diego Zoo. Reptiles are particularly vulnerable to trafficking due to high demand in the illegal pet ...

After a whirlwind journey around the world, during which they were nabbed, rescued and quarantined, eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas have finally arrived at their new home at the San Diego ...

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and one giant ocean away.

Fijian iguanas are only found throughout the tropical islands of Fiji and Tonga. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Alliance) Eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas rescued from a massive illegal ...

Eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas that were rescued from illegal traffickers in Spain are now in the care of the San Diego Zoo. The iguanas were some of the over 600 reptiles seized by ...

It sounds like a whimsical Disney film: a troupe of sun-bathing lizards floating on a log in the ocean, aimlessly heading to an unknown island across the earth. But according to several scientists at ...

The San Diego Zoo announced Thursday it is the new home of eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas rescued from a massive illegal wildlife trafficking operation in Spain. The iguanas were among ...