The arrival of four hatchlings to "Mommy" and "Abrazzo" is a "first" in the zoo's 150-year-old history, contributing to the ...

Philadelphia Zoo’s vision is that those hatchlings will be a part of a thriving population of Galapagos ... “At one point, each of the Galapagos Islands had its own unique subspecies of ...

The four hatchlings added to the population of 44 Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises in U.S. zoos, the news release said. The species is native to the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador ...

The Galapagos have had to find a precarious balance between protecting the animal and plant species within the archipelago and also protecting the tourism that the beauty and history of the islands ...

Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises are critically endangered in their native home of the Galápagos Islands, and there are fewer than ... lineage and some much-needed help to the species' ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released into a Galapagos island in Ecuador in late ... centers were established to help boost the population. Two states shaken by earthquake ...

As stocks tumbled Thursday and several countries warned of retaliation and threat of a global trade war, what was the word from the remote Heard and McDonald Islands? Here's what we know about the ...

The babies are part of the AZA SSP breeding program to ensure the survival of this species and maintain a genetically diverse population ... Galapagos tortoises can be found on the Galapagos ...