“Lonesome George,” the giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was the last of his subspecies, died of undetermined causes on June 24. At an estimated 100 years old, he was only middle-aged.
On the island of Pinta, George’s keeper of 40 years found him dead. George took part in a breeding program at the park for 15 years but produced no offspring.
(See this correction in the September issue.)
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