Mommy, a 97-year-old Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest first-time mom of her species after she welcomed four ...

An endangered giant tortoise has become the oldest first-time mom of her species after having her first ... Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Mommy is part of a captive breeding program ...

GALAPAGOS, Ecuador – Everyone could hear the ... Here’s why this magical place should be on every American traveler's bucket list. First things first, the Galápagos Islands are a melting ...

Galapagos tortoises hatched 4 babies at the Philadelphia Zoo helping to ensure the survival of a critically endangered ...

The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few ...

Four of them have since hatched — the first successful hatching for her species at the zoo, which opened in 1874. She had help, of course — from Abrazzo, a male tortoise who is also estimated ...

Additionally, Mommy is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP). She is also the oldest first ...

A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 has become the oldest known first-time mother of her species, according to officials at Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy, who has ...

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