The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George — the last known member of a species that was wiped out with his death in 2012 — returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands. The ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- The giant tortoise Lonesome George, whose failed efforts to produce offspring made him a symbol of disappearing species, was found dead on Sunday, officials at the Galapagos ...