Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...

A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior ...

For decades, environmentalists unsuccessfully tried to get the Pinta Island tortoise to reproduce with females from a similar subspecies on the Galapagos Islands. Park officials said the tortoise ...

Originally, there were 14 different giant tortoise species here. Sadly, two are now extinct, including the last Pinta Island ...

In 2012, Lonesome George died in his home at the Tortoise Breeding and Rearing Center on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos. The centenarian was the last of the Pinta Island tortoises.

The world’s rarest creature died in 2012. His name was Lonesome George, and he was the last Pinta Island tortoise, a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise. By most estimates, he was 100 years old ...

Lonesome George was the last known individual of the Pinta Island tortoise species. He became a poignant symbol of the devastating impact of human interference on the Galápagos ecosystem ...