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A tourist feeds a grape to a rock iguana in the Bahamas. Researchers are studying whether the absence of tourists because of the pandemic is affecting iguana health. SPENCER B. HUDSON
August 19, 2020
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The study, which received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) this week, is just one example of how wildlife scientists are now working to understand the impacts of what many are calling the “anthropause”—the dramatic slowdown in human activity caused by the pandemic. Some are tracking how fish, mammals, and even iguanas are reacting to steep declines in tourism. 

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