A woman was doing yoga on a beach in the Bahamas when an iguana bit her. The bite caused her finger to bleed and she was prescribed antibiotics by her doctor, she said on Twitter. A viral video of the ...

Five months later, a strange cyst began to grow on the site the girl was bitten. Scientists found that the girl was infected with a rare bacteria, possibly the first from an iguana bite. A girl's rare ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WKRC) - A 3-year-old developed a rare infection after a chance encounter with an iguana who stole her cake and bit her. While on vacation with her parents last March, the ...

An unexpected guest stole a piece of cake from Lena Mars while she sat on the beach in Costa Rica, and the injury led to a year-long scientific study A quick snack break at the beach during a family ...

A 3-year-old girl was infected with an unusual Mycobacterium marinum infection, that developed following an iguana bite while she was on holiday in Costa Rica, report the doctors who treated her at ...

A case report to be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) shows how a cake-induced iguana encounter in Costa Rica led to an unusual infection. Here ...

Welcome to another installment of Gizmodo’s Animal Crime of the Week. Last week, we admired the trash-stealing parrots of Australia. This week features a bitey, cake-stealing iguana that added injury ...

Green iguanas, sometimes called "mini dragons," have serrated teeth that can cause deep bites. If bitten, remain calm and avoid sudden movements; most iguanas will release and flee. If the iguana ...

In a rare attack, an iguana bit a child for her cake in Costa Rica. Five months later, a strange cyst began to grow on the site the girl was bitten. Scientists found that the girl was infected with a ...