Holden acquired her during an extended trip to the islands. Mommy has been at the zoo ever since. We spoke with Lauren Augustine, the Philadelphia Zoo’s Director of Herpetology, about Mommy and ...

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 ...

Spring is in the air … and at the Philadelphia Zoo. In a partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the zoo is ready to refresh, revitalize and reimagine its 42-acre gardens.

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Milton W. Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23, 1932. Records suggest Mommy may have been collected on South Albemarle Island in the ...

PHILADELPHIA ... Abrazzo came to the Zoo on an SSP breeding recommendation from Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in South Carolina. On Giving ZOO Day 2021, the Zoo community made donations to purchase ...

They are actually critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo. They just had four eggs hatch -- the first time in zoo history. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — A pair ...

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 ...