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Fascinating Facts About Five Island Lizards

Learn something new every day! Are you familiar with these five fascinating island lizards? The Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as a Vulnerable species. It lives among the rocks of the Galápagos islands. The Marine Iguana is well known for a behavior that is strange even among […]

Written by on February 6, 2017

Goat Islands, Important Iguana Habitat SAVED

The Goat Islands, home to many threatened and endemic species including the Jamaican Rock Iguana, have been saved! Last week when I opened my email I received one of the greatest messages ever: protection for Jamaican Rock Iguana habitat on the Goat Islands had been assured! The Goat Islands are part of the Portland Bight […]

Written by on October 6, 2016

New Lizard Species Discovered in the Dominican Republic

The discovery of a new lizard species in the Dominican Republic by University of Toronto researchers reinforces a theory that lizard communities evolve almost identically on separate islands.  A team from University of Toronto (U of T) has recently discovered a new species of lizard in the Dominican Republic (DR). The Greater Antillean Anole, Anolis landestoyi, is the first […]

Written by on July 1, 2016

Malinoa and Motu Tapu Islands Restoration Success in the News

Loop Tonga recently covered our successful operation to protect native biodiversity on the islands of Malinoa and Motu Tapu in Tonga, Polynesia by removing invasive rats. The project to restore Malinoa and Motu Tapu was carried out by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Island Conservation and the Government of Tonga. On May 24, 2016, the partners […]

Written by on June 3, 2016