Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador announced Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old.

Lonesome George was an icon of our time ... When he dies, the Pinta species of Galapagos tortoise will be extinct. But he's a very important animal, probably more than any other single creature.

If there's a giant tortoise heaven, Lonesome George is lonesome no more. The century-old giant tortoise was found dead in his corral Sunday at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz ...

When the famed Pinta Island tortoise of the Galapagos known as “Lonesome George” died around age 100 in 2012, it was believed that the symbol of conservation was the last of his species.

Famed Galápagos tortoise Lonesome George’s subspecies might not be extinct after all — researchers are calling the discovery of a surviving female relative “a story of hope” that the ...

Lonesome George’s lineage is lonesome no more. The famous Galapagos Islands tortoise was thought to be the last of his kind. Turns out, he’s had some half-siblings crawling around this whole time.

In 2012, a giant tortoise lovingly known as Lonesome George ... Galapagos Conservancy and the Galapagos National Park Directorate, has now found evidence that George may still have living ...

But even now, after his death, the tortoise could hold the key to beating cancer and living longer. Researchers set out to sequence the genome of Lonesome George, the last member of the Galapagos ...

In 2010, Caccone began sequencing the whole genome of Lonesome George, the last of the species Chelonoidis abingdonii, to study evolution of the tortoise population on the Galapagos. Carlos Lopez-Otin ...

In 2010, Caccone began sequencing the whole genome of Lonesome George, the last of the species Chelonoidis abingdonii, to study evolution of the tortoise population on the Galapagos. Carlos Lopez ...