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

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz ...

In a remarkable turn of events at the Philadelphia Zoo, Mommy, a centenarian western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise, has laid ...

Philadelphia Zoo’s vision is that these hatchlings will be a part of a thriving population of Galapagos tortoises in the ...

This month, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the arrival of four hatchlings born to the male tortoise Abrazzo and the aptly ...

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched for the first time in the Philadelphia Zoo’s 150-year history. The hatchlings were born to the approximately 100-year-old ...

Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo, both estimated to be 100 years old, are the proud parents of four hatchlings.

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises hatched earlier this month, the first time in the zoo’s ...

Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed the successful hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, ...

Submissions already include some stunning wildlife photography, including a sleepy lion cub on a dirt road, a mountain goat ...

There are currently 13 living species that are native to seven of the island. Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises are threatened by human-wildlife conflict, the introduction of invasive species ...

Both parents, Mommy and Abrazzo, are thought to be around 100 years old, making the tortoises two of the zoo’s oldest ...