marine iguana
noun
: a shore-dwelling seaweed-eating iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) of the Galápagos Islands that often feeds in the sea
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Takumi Oyama - Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists for the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
And marine iguanas will shrink in response to warmer water temperatures during El Niño years.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
Leo must leave his mother’s colony to find his own home — a monumental quest fraught with challenges and new encounters with an array of creatures, from marine iguanas and racer snakes to yellowfin tuna and giant Galapagos sharks.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
On Española Island, some individuals do more than just peck at wounds to drink blood—they have been seen persistently pecking at the insensitive tail tips of large marine iguanas, removing centimeters of actual tissue in the process.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
And marine iguanas will shrink in response to warmer water temperatures during El Niño years.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025
Leo must leave his mother’s colony to find his own home — a monumental quest fraught with challenges and new encounters with an array of creatures, from marine iguanas and racer snakes to yellowfin tuna and giant Galapagos sharks.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
On Española Island, some individuals do more than just peck at wounds to drink blood—they have been seen persistently pecking at the insensitive tail tips of large marine iguanas, removing centimeters of actual tissue in the process.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Marine iguana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marine%20iguana. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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