Meet Diego, the Centenarian Whose Sex Drive Saved His Species

March 11, 2017/ NICHOLAS CASEY / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, Species

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment

By fathering hundreds, a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands reversed the threat of extinction. Another, earning the name Lonesome George, was unable to do the same.

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