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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On the day that Lonesome George died, in June 2012, Eleanor Sterling ...

Now, what remains of Lonesome George’s legacy is a lifelike mount at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. Designed by an expert team of taxidermists, the display ...

Lonesome George, the only living member of a subspecies of giant tortoise, died last weekend at his home in the Galapagos Islands. Linda Cayot, tortoise conservationist and scientific advisor to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 a giant tortoise named Lonesome George died, his kind, the Pinta Island tortoises of the Galapagos, suffered the same fate as the unfortunate dodo bird: Both bird and tortoise were wiped off ...

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 ...