Gallery: Wildlife spottings on FAU Boca Raton campus
University Press photographer David Ames took all the photos in this wildlife photojournalism project on Sept. 12, 2025, at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus.
University Press photographer David Ames took all the photos in this wildlife photojournalism project on Sept. 12, 2025, at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus.
An adult iguana looking quite suspicious in a bush on FAU's Boca Raton campus on Sept. 12, 2025.
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