Welcome home, Lonesome George: giant tortoise returns to Galapagos
After almost five years with taxidermists in New York, Lonesome George has returned home. He may be dead, but his legacy is very much alive
November 2012
Environment blog
How scientists hope to raise Lonesome George from the dead
Henry Nicholls: Samples from Isabela Island tortoises show those with Pinta ancestry, suggesting purebreds may still exist
June 2012
Lonesome George should be remembered – but not stuffed
Henry Nicholls
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Galapagos Islands
In praise of ...
In praise of … Lonesome George
Farewell to Lonesome George, who never came out of his shell
Last giant tortoise Lonesome George dies aged 100 – video
Lonesome George, the last giant tortoise of his kind, dies - in pictures
July 2009
Lonesome George, the last Galápagos giant tortoise, may become a dad
Scientists wait to see if five eggs are fertile after years of trying to get world's 'rarest living creature' to mate successfully
December 2008
Iconic tortoise Lonesome George, 80, may be sterile
The 36-year wait for the last remaining tortoise of its kind to mate has ended in 13 sterile eggs
July 2008
Environment: Fabled bachelor Lonesome George may finally be a father
Keepers recover a clutch of eggs from the enclosure of the conservation icon of the Galapagos islands
July 2007
Last of his kind - but George can't rise to occasion
Lonesome George determined to stay a bachelor
May 2007
Hopes rise of a mate for uniquely rare Lonesome George
Lonesome George, conservation icon of the Galápagos islands, celibate pensioner and officially the rarest living creature on Earth, may soon have a playmate, raising hopes he may father young and so save his species from imminent extinction.
August 2006
Lonesome George: the life and loves of a conservation icon by Henry Nicholls
Prologue
May 2006
The fire in Lonesome George's loins
PD Smith is moved by the tale of the world's last Pinta tortoise in Henry Nicholl's Lonesome George.
February 2001
Lonesome males of the Galapagos
Celebrity is not usually associated with middle-aged giant tortoises from the Galapagos Islands, but then few have been so influenced by humanity's whims as Lonesome George and Pepe.
November 1999
'Fussy' tortoise given new hope
A Galapagos tortoise nicknamed Lonesome George because he turns his nose up at potential mates may just need one of his own kind, researchers said.
