Orphan iguana stolen from Iowa rescue center

An iguana named Ivana has been having a tough time of it in Des Moines. First she was abandoned in an apartment building, and now she's been stolen from the group that rescued her.

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Think pink: Galapagos' rosy lizard is new species

Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries.

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Iguana causes power outage for 20,000 in Florida

Power has been restored to 20,000 people in north Broward County, after an iguana caused a short circuit. The critter came in contact with some high-voltage equipment, which triggered Thursday's outage.

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Man Acquitted of Smuggling Iguanas

A jury acquitted a man of smuggling endangered iguanas in his hollowed-out prosthetic leg but convicted him of concealing and possessing the endangered species.

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Fearless iguanas too cool for their own good

Even a human with a dog leaves this Galapagos Islands iguana unflustered (Image: Thomas Rödl)

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ANCHORAGE - Two Anchorage men who told investigators they were horsing around with a "redneck flamethrower" set a 5-year-old boy's head on fire and have been charged with felony assault and reckless endangerment, according to police and court records.

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Tampabay.com reader Stacy Brunk spotted this big iguana hanging out in the parking lot of Norton Park Recreation Center in Clearwater.

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Yet another reason to keep your hands clean: your pooch! First ever confirmed cases of dog flu made it to Alaska.

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For the scientists who become cranks he argues that arrogance is likely a necessary ingredient for that transition to occur.

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"In a move that parallels similar complaints in medicine and the physical sciences, a group of researchers is calling for their colleagues working in conservation and ecology to report failure."

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ScienceDaily (May 10, 2009) — The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says. But parents generally are more bothered by the tensions—and the older the child, the greater the bother.

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"Background/Objectives: To study quality of diet in relation to all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality.

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"To help organize nationwide trials in tumor-bearing dogs using cancer drugs, the National Cancer Institute has launched the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC)."

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It's coming...

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"Using a clothesline instead of a dryer would save huge amounts of energy. But it is against the law for Americans to line dry their laundry!

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"Unlike privately run Web sites, whose managers are free to remove nettlesome material, the White House finds itself searching for a way to combat these disruptive users without infringing on their right to free speech and inciting cries of censorship."

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It's a bird, it's plane, no, it's an Alaskan Airlines Jet that has a sled dog painted on it among other things... First they had the Salmon Thirty Seven (737, get it?) depicting a huge beautifully painted wild king salmon and now this design, by a grade school aged kid.

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"What I'm a little fearful of is that some people really seem to feel that being with an animal or taking it through its last days is sort of an enrichment experience.

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Today is Seward's Day in Alaska, the date set aside to commemorate the signing of the treaty to transfer ownership of Alaska from Russia to the United States. William Henry Seward was the U.S. secretary of state who negotiated the purchase.

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"Americans have fallen in love with their dogs. We have dog walkers, dog groomers, dog parks and dog-friendly hotels. We buy organic dog food, put our pets on puppy Prozac and dress them up in costumes for Halloween.

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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries.

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Pink iguanas unknown to Charles Darwin during his visits to the Galapagos islands may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than the English naturalist's famous finches, researchers said Monday.

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Cats are their stock in trade. But when firemen were summoned to rescue an iguana stuck up a tree, they responded with a due sense of gravity.

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Please meet my friend Mango. He is enjoying some outdoor sun in the photo. Mango was a rescue iguana at age one, meaning he was abandoned by his previous owner who did not understand how to properly take care of an Iguana.

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This Is Eduardo, my Green Iguana. This picture is when he was with his friend Buddy, who is a Chinese Water Dragon. Eduardo is three years old and is male.

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A remarkable cold snap that brought temperatures in the mid-30s to the Miami area Thursday morning also brought lizards falling out of trees at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne, the Miami Herald reported.

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Florida's idyllic Gasparilla island has taken up arms against aggressive foreign intruders, but the Mexican spiny-tailed iguanas are putting up a tough fight, devouring landscaped gardens, munching on electrical cables and gobbling up turtle eggs.

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An iguana which was smuggled into Blackpool Airport in a woman's bra has found a new home at the resort's zoo. The green reptile was discovered when a police officer noticed something was moving under a woman's dress at the airport on Friday.

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An Iguana called Mozart is enjoying a healthy sex life again - despite losing his penis at the weekend.

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Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.

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