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 when he ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in June 2021. Driving into San Francisco from the South Bay on Highway 101, it’s impossible to miss the giant white concrete letters that ...