The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these ...

The zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered hatchlings born to the Zoo’s oldest residents: Female Mommy and male Abrazzo, who are both estimated to be around 100 years old.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines earlier this ...

Four endangered tortoise eggs hatched to nearly century-old parents, the Pennsylvania zoo said. Photo by the Philadelphia Zoo The group of siblings could grow in the coming weeks as the animal ...