One Hundred Years of Solitude

A specimen of the Galápagos giant tortoise, thought to have been extinct for about a century, at the Galápagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean. Photo: Rodrigo Buendía/AFP/Getty Images.

Time Flies

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise – believed to be the oldest reptile living, with and alleged age of 185 years – crawls on the lawn of the Plantation House, the UK governor official residence in Saint Helena British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images.