It may have taken the best part of a century but scientists are hoping that Lonesome George, the last remaining example of the Galapagos Pinta Tortoise (featured previously at Neatorama) will finally become a father later this year. Eggs have been discovered in his enclosure and rushed to an incubator for special attention.
This follows a false start last year when over a dozen eggs were laid but all sadly turned out to be infertile. However, that in itself was a breakthrough - before that George hadn’t seemed in any great hurry to do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel at all.
http://scienceray.com/earth-sciences/paleontology/lonesome-george-to-finally-be-a-father/
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by taliesyn30.