The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in ...

Philadelphia Zoo's 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises, Mommy and Abrazzo, welcomed their first hatchlings, marking a historic ...

"At one point, each of the Galapagos Islands had its own unique Galapagos tortoise, but sadly, several of them are now extinct," Rachel Metz, vice president of animal well-being and conservation ...

On the final part of his Atlantic travels Martin Clunes visits the windswept Faroe Islands, shaped over 60 million years by volcanoes, their dramatic cliffs home to thousands of colourful puffins and ...

His odyssey takes him to a spectacular array of ocean islands from the jungles of the ‘African Galapagos’, via Madeira ... and Harriet owns 68. Martin joins her at one of the busiest times ...

She weighs 284 pounds and her age now is estimated to be 97. She hatched in the wild in the Galapagos Islands. Milton W. Holden, who went on an extended trip to the islands with philanthropist and ...

And I’m returning to the place he explored nearly 200 years ago, the Galápagos Islands! The Galápagos are an archipelago, or group of islands, off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean.

“Philadelphia Zoo’s vision is that those hatchlings will be a part of a thriving population of Galapagos tortoises ... species across seven of its islands. After centuries of human ...

Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises are critically endangered in their native home of the Galápagos Islands ... Critically Endangered Galapagos Tortoises Hatch at Philadelphia Zoo!

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

according to the Galapagos National Park. The Chelonoidis vicina tortoises were bred and raised in captivity at a breeding centre on Isabela Island, the largest of the islands, and released to ...

“At one point, each of the Galapagos Islands had its own unique Galapagos tortoise, but sadly, several of them are now extinct,” she added. “These hatchlings not only protect the species ...