The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these ...

OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is "overjoyed" at the ...

The hatchlings’ parents, female Mommy and male Abrazzo, however, are likely well-known to zoo-goers. Both are estimated to be ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo in the US have become ...

Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...

This month, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the arrival of four hatchlings born to the male tortoise Abrazzo and the aptly ...

Mommy has been living at the Philadelphia Zoo for 90 years, and waited until old age to experience motherhood.

A pair of Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises, who are estimated to be around a century old, have become parents for the ...

The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities.

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these new additions remarkable is that their mother, affectionately named ...

Mommy is 97 and has been at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932.Milton W. Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23, 1932. Records suggest ...