A lizard is a lizard, right? Certainly not when it comes to iguanas! ... Marine iguanas, on the other hand, are unique in that they have adapted to an ocean environment.

The marine iguana is the only iguana species that lives most of its life in the water. Though it evolved from land lizards, it developed unique seafaring adaptations, such as a flat tail and ...

Marine Iguana. The Marine Iguana, also known as the Galápagos Marine Iguana, is a species of Iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands ( Ecuador) ©Original Mostert/Shutterstock.com.

Greg Lewbart is catching marine iguanas to study their unusual shrinking adaptation. On the Galápagos Islands, Greg Lewbart and his team are trying to catch a marine iguana. Their goal is to ...

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) are the only lizards known to forage for food in the ocean, living off the algae growing there.But their dependency on the water makes them susceptible to ...

Marine iguanas. The Galapagos has at least four different kinds of iguanas, but let’s start with my favorite, the marine iguana. They’re endemic to the Galapagos Islands and are the world’s ...

A new analysis of iguana genetics, published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, supports the hypothesis that these imposing reptiles actually traveled all the way ...

Marine Iguana: Only Lizard That Can Swim And Dive. By: EjazUlHaqBhat. Image: Unsplash. Marine iguanas are the only lizards that can swim and dive. They can grow up to 4.3 feet long.

The lizard was first spotted in the Galápagos Islands in the 1980s and was named a new species of iguana in 2009. Its global population is an estimated 200 to 300 adults, the conservancy said.

Aside from the marine iguana, most species rarely dive below 10 feet at a time. They tend to stick to the surface when they go for a swim. The post Can Iguanas Swim?