December 15, 2015
The dodo is dead. The passenger pigeon has passed on. But Lonesome George, the iconic Galapagos tortoise whose death marked the end of his species, is in post-mortem luck. A scientific expedition has discovered some of his close relations alive and well. With careful breeding, biologists now hope to revive George’s species and reintroduce the tortoises to the island on which they evolved. It would be a signal achievement in a place that gave rise to our understanding of evolution and speciation. Read More of the New York Times Article…