A Snail Called George, Believed to Be the Last of His Species, Dies

Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 05:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists say George, an inch-long mollusk about 14 years old, was most likely the last of Achatinella apexfulva, a species of land snail that lived only in Hawaii.

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