But unlike island chains like Hawaii, the Galapagos still maintains 95 percent of its native plants and animals.

NPR: Common Intruders Threaten Galapagos Species

George became a symbol of the Galapagos Islands after he was found on Pinta Island by biologist Joseph Vagvolgyi in 1971.

CNN: Lonesome George, last of the Pinta Island tortoises, dies