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 the ...

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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 the arrivals of the four hatchlings ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a world record. Four critically endangered western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have just hatched. Four critically endangered western ...

Officials with the Philadelphia Zoo say they've welcomed four hatchlings of the critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise. This is the female tortoise's first time giving birth - and ...

April 4 (UPI) --The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the first of their species to hatch at the facility in its history.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history.

There are a few new arrivals at the Philadelphia Zoo, and these ones are making history. Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched for the first time in the Zoo’s 150+ ...