On Monday, Wolf volcano on the Galapagos Islands erupted spewing fire, smoke and lava.
Authorities say the eruption, the first for the volcano in 33 years, posed no immediate danger to the local population of people.Nor, apparently, to Isabela island's pink iguanas, the world's only known population of the the species. The Galapagos National Park says that the lava was flowing in an opposite direction from their habitat, raising hopes they will not be affected.
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