The animal was a long-time ambassador for his species, bringing conservation awareness to millions, zoo staff said.

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“They are about the size of a tennis ball and they are pretty feisty, actually,” Ms. Augustine said. The arrival of the hatchlings is significant because Western Santa Cruz Galápagos ...

According to the Philadelphia Zoo, the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise eggs are hard-shelled, white and about the size of a billiard ball. The four hatchlings – which have yet to be named ...

An endangered giant tortoise has become the oldest first-time mom of her species after having her first babies at around 100 years old. Philadelphia Zoo recently hatched eggs laid by an elderly ...

One nearly century-old tortoise has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 — and now she’s living up to her name. Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...

But despite her name, the critically endangered Galápagos tortoise has only just become a mother—and set a world record in the process. According to the Zoo’s April 3 announcement ...

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 ...

Three prior clutches did not result in viable eggs. Female tortoises typically lay 2 to 20 white, hard-shelled, spherical eggs about the size of billiard balls in a hole they dig. After Mommy laid ...

That's the case for a pair of critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises after four baby tortoises recently hatched at the Philadelphia Zoo. The parents -- aptly-named Mommy and ...