Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday, April 23.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The team at the Nashville Zoo got a surprise earlier this week when red river hog, Tater, gave birth to a new piglet. The piglet was born Tuesday, April 1. The ...

The Nashville Zoo announced a new arrival — a male red river hog piglet — on April 16. The piglet, named Chive, was born on April 1 to second-time mother, Tater, and weighs about 1.02 ...

The Nashville Zoo welcomed a new male red river hog piglet, named Chive, on April 1, 2025. Chive's early birth surprised zoo's staff, requiring intervention due to his mother's neglect.

A Galapagos tortoise chomped down on a delicious snack at the Cincinnati Zoo, video shared on Monday, April 21, shows. Video shows Husker, one of the Cincinnati Zoo’s resident Galapagos tortoises, ...

ST. LOUIS (Gray News) – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the death of one of its oldest residents – an Aldabra giant tortoise that was well over 100 years old. The zoo said the tortoise named ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo announced the hatching of four ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Several aspects of the Nashville Zoo's master plan may now be on hold after Tennessee lawmakers made last minute changes to the proposed budget. The longtime zoo at ...

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 ...

Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in the zoo’s century-and-a-half existence. The Western Santa ...