Welcome home, Lonesome George: giant tortoise returns to Galapagos

After almost five years with taxidermists in New York, Lonesome George has returned home. He may be dead, but his legacy is very much alive

Lonesome George is back in Galapagos.

Following the death of the celebrity tortoise in June 2012, his remains were sent to New York to be preserved by expert taxidermists. With the support of the Galapagos Conservancy, the last Pinta tortoise was the star of a highly successful exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in 2014. Today, he flies back to the Galapagos Archipelago after almost five years on his whirlwind taxidermy tour.