A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...

The Philadelphia Zoo, America’s first zoo, is celebrating a historic first—a rare giant tortoise, nearly 100 years old, now holds the record as the oldest first-time mother of her species.

TheTravel was invited to the Galapagos Islands with Lindblad Expeditions, an area home to some of the most unique animals in ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

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

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

But despite her name, the critically endangered Galápagos tortoise has only just become ... Mommy and Abrazzo were two of only 44 Western Santa Cruz Giant tortoises in US zoos.

Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November ...

Along the way, you'll encounter various species of giant tortoises and cactus forests ... just east of the center of Puerto Ayora, the Tortoise Route is a breathtaking trail featuring wood ...

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