In death, Lonesome George reveals why giant tortoises live so long

Lonesome George
December 3, 2018

Yale News: Lonesome George’s species may have died with him in 2012, but he and other giant tortoises of the Galapagos are still providing genetic clues to individual longevity through a new study by researchers at Yale University, the University of Oviedo in Spain, the Galapagos Conservancy, and the Galapagos National Park Service. Read more…

See the full Publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution.