Museum Helps Preserve Iconic Tortoise Lonesome George

Lonesome George, the world-famous Pinta Island tortoise who was the last of his kind when he died in June 2012, will be preserved in consultation with scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and by the same expert taxidermy and conservation team that worked on the acclaimed renovation of the Museum's Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals.

Image: Zachary Grinspan

An icon for biodiversity conservation, Lonesome George will be on display at the Museum for a limited time starting this winter before he is returned to the Gal?pagos. As reported today in The New York Times, the Museum is working closely with the Gal?pagos National Park Service, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, and the Gal?pagos Conservancy to prepare Lonesome George?s body and spread awareness of the importance of conservation.

Learn more about Lonesome George and his preservation in this video:

Source: http://kinja.amnh.org/museum-helps-preserve-iconic-tortoise-lonesome-george-608812329

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