This is not your typical iguana bites toddler story. This one really takes the cake. It could almost be a classic fairy tale, as old as time itself: the child, the lizard, and the cake. For one ...

The bump on a young California girl’s hand was mysterious – and growing. It wasn’t until she had seen two doctors and undergone a biopsy that her family realized the cause: The child had gotten in the ...

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 ...

A 3-year-old girl’s holiday in Costa Rica was ruined by an iguana in more ways than one. The scaly reptile stole her cake, but not before biting her hand and transmitting a rare bacterial infection ...

Mars and her parents, Julian and Luisa, had taken a trip to Costa Rica. While enjoying one of the country's many beautiful beaches, the girl's parents gave her a snack. But it turns out that she ...

The bump on a young California girl's hand was mysterious -- and growing. It wasn't until she had seen two doctors and undergone a biopsy that her family realized the cause: The child had gotten in ...