The four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises were born to Mommy, who is estimated to be about 97 years old, and Abrazzo, about 96 years old, according to the zoo. One of four Galapagos ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's 80-year-old Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died, the zoo said in a social media post Friday ...

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

The sex of tortoise hatchlings is influenced by temperature, so the zoo incubated eight eggs below 28° Celsius (82.4° Fahrenheit) to produce males and the other eggs above 29.5°C (85.1°F ...

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 ...

A Galapagos tortoise has become a first-time mother at 100 years old. Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings - the first ever born ...

Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed the successful hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, part of a clutch of 16 eggs laid by a 100-year-old female named 'Mommy ...