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Published online 30 April 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070430-1
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Relative found for Lonesome George
Conservation icon thought to be last of his species may yet find a mate.
Lonesome George, conservation icon and apparent sole survivor of a species of giant Galápagos tortoise, may not be so lonely after all. Biologists have identified a living relative on Isabela Island, some 70 kilometres away from George's birthplace — an animal whose father (who may or may not be alive) is from the same population as George.
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