A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. "All are doing well, eating and behaving appropriately," a Philadelphia Zoo spokesperson told ...

The Philadelphia Zoo has officially welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises. For the first time in this ...

Now, the baby tortoises weigh about 2 to 3 ounces, or approximately the weight of a chicken egg, the zoo said. Four endangered tortoise eggs hatched to nearly century-old parents, the Pennsylvania ...

The Philadelphia Zoo made the announcement Thursday, celebrating the arrival of a new generation of Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the largest living tortoise species and a critically ...

An endangered giant tortoise has become the oldest first-time mom of her species after having her first babies at around 100 years old. Philadelphia Zoo recently hatched eggs laid by an elderly ...

This week, Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the hatching of four Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises (Chelonoidis niger porteri). The baby reptiles—all females—are a beacon of hope for ...

Eggs hatch after four to eight months. The baby tortoises that have hatched were incubated as female. Galapagos tortoises can be found on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast ...

Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in the zoo’s century-and-a-half existence. The Western Santa ...

A criticially endangered Galapagos tortoise has become the oldest first-time mother to four baby hatchlings at 97. The Philadelphia Zoo, where the tortoise named Mommy laid her eggs, said it was ...

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.