The First Recorded Climate Victim The Bramble Cay melomys, an unassuming rodent that once inhabited a coral island in ...

The islands were named after the giant tortoises - "galapago" is old Spanish for "tortoise". Lonesome George was the last known Pinta Island tortoise, but many other 100-year-old tortoises survive ...

Galápagos giant tortoises are known for reaching impressive sizes. One such reptile's massive measurements blew even his ...

The researchers focused on eight species, including the famous Lonesome George – the last known Pinta Island tortoise who became a symbol of conservation efforts. They also studied lesser-known ...

Galapagos Island Giant Tortoises, on Santa Cruz Island. By Benjamint444 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26470894 via Wikimedia ...

Lonesome George, the last known individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise, died in 2012, marking the species’ extinction. Native to the Galápagos Islands, these tortoises suffered greatly from ...