The Only Living Sea Lizard: Marine Iguana
	There is only one true living sea lizard: the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), a native of the Galapagos Islands. Despite their terrific look, with short snout, black eyes, large mouth and the crest of spikes (which are in fact soft at touch), long, flattened and powerful tail, long, sharp claws that give them an aspect of Mesozoic monsters, these lizards are peaceful vegetarians. They dive and eat algae and weeds from the sea bott ... [read more >>]
	26 February 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Females That Just Die for Good Sex
	It seems easy for females: they are passive, just waiting for the pretenders and choosing the one that pleases them. But that is not always true, at least for female iguanas. A team led by Maren Vitousek of Princeton University discovered that female Galápagos marine iguanas wasted a lot of energy picking a mate from a wide pool of suitors, an energy they could have otherwise spent on foraging, producing eggs, or to avoid pre ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 05:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia