In Search of extinct Pinta & Floreana Tortoises
Lonesome George at the Charles Darwin Research Station
A group of scientists are undertaking a trip to the Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island to see if they can locate tortoises that live there and that may be descendants of tortoises from Pinta & Floreana Islands, both thought to be extinct on those islands. Lonesome George was a Pinta tortoise. Read the story here