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Bookmark or Share- Lonesome George Exhibition - American Museum of Natural HistoryMeet Lonesome George, the Face of Extinction. Before a species goes extinct, there must be one last survivor. Often that final individual slips away unknown, but for the Pinta Island tortoise from Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, that survivor was this male, known as Lonesome George.
- Last Pinta giant tortoise Lonesome George dies - BBC NewsStaff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador say Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old. Park...
- Lonesome George - WikipediaLonesome George (Spanish: Solitario George or Jorge, c. 1910 [2][3][4][5] – June 24, 2012) was a male Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii) and the last known individual of the subspecies. [6][7][8][9] In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world.
- Preserving Lonesome George: Legacy of a Galápagos Icon | AMNHLearn about Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise, and the ongoing efforts to preserve his legacy and biodiversity.
- Remembering the Story of Lonesome George in the Galapagos IslandsLonesome George became an emblematic species for the archipelago and the world. He died in June 2012 from natural causes and after his death, he was taken to New York where he was embalmed and then he remained on exhibition in the New York Museum of Natural History until September 2014.
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