On the Island of Saint Helena
The world’s most well-known living tortoise, Jonathan, is also one of the world’s most remote — living on a volcanic island a thousand miles off the coast of Africa.
The world’s most well-known living tortoise, Jonathan, is also one of the world’s most remote — living on a volcanic island a thousand miles off the coast of Africa.
Tortoise, Tortoise Conservation
The Turtle Conservancy is one of those places that just seems beyond anything that should reasonably be expected to exist.
“When did you realize you that this was something that you were meant to write?” a friend asked. “Was there one thing that flipped the switch for you?”
“What other bodily being possesses such a citadel wherein to resist the assaults of Time?” That’s Herman Melville talking about tortoises. In 10 vignettes he paints a portrait of the Galapagos Islands, and the tortoise is a recurring character.
American Museum of Natural History, Galapagos, Tortoise
When you set foot in the Hall of African Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History for the first time, it’s startling to see the elephant’s foot… at eye level.
American Museum of Natural History, Galapagos, Tortoise
Lonesome George’s time on earth ended before I ever got to meet him.
American Museum of Natural History, Sulcata, Tortoise
If you believe that the American Museum of Natural History’s interest in animals begins with fossils and ends with taxidermy, prepare to be surprised!