In 2012, Lonesome George—the last Pinta tortoise, or Chelonoidis abingdonii—passed away at the age of 100 in a conservation facility in the Galapagos Islands. While the beloved giant tortoise ...

"Lonesome George," a giant tortoise living in the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador, has earned his name the hard way — he is the last of his kind. There are only two places left in the ...

More than two years after his death, the tortoise Lonesome George has been stuffed and put on display in New York. © Christina Horsten/dpa/Corbis Two years ago, the ...

George the Giant Tortoise enjoyed an ice cold shower as temperatures climbed above 30C on Tuesday. Meg Howard cooled down the 88-year-old reptile down at Cotswold Wildlife Park.

Lonesome George, the last surviving Pinta Island giant tortoise, has died at his home in the Galapagos Islands. Scientists believe he was more than 100 years old. Staff at the Galapagos National ...

Lonesome George, a Pinta tortoise who became known as the rarest creature in the world, has died aged about 100 years old, according to staff at the Galapagos National Park. The cause of death is ...

The world-famous Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George, the last known specimen of his kind, will be preserved by a team of taxidermists in New York, the American Museum of Natural History announced ...

He's over 100, in his sexual prime and the rarest creature on Earth. Yet despite every enticement, George the tortoise just won't perform. When I first met the girl who was to become my wife ...

HE WOULD LOOK LIKE THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL CUT IN HALF. >> GEORGE IS A 15-YEAR-OLD CALIFORNIA DESERT TORTOISE. >> HE CAN ALL AROUND AS FAST AS A BABY -- CRAWL AROUND AS FAST AS A BABY CAN CALL ...

Sponsor Message It was the summer of 2012, and Lonesome George, the famous giant Galapagos tortoise, had died. He was the last member of his species, and he had become an important symbol in the ...