Wildfire killed 15 animals at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, but 2 tortoises survived. Here’s how.
A casualty of the Eaton fire was the destruction of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena, which lost 15 animals who ...
Critically endangered tortoise becomes oldest first-time mom in world. See babies
Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest-known first-time mother of her ...
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Couple new parents to 4 babies at nearly 100 years old? It happened in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Zoo welcomes 4 critically endangered Galapagos tortoises with more hatchlings possibly on the way
The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in ...
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Wildfire killed 15 animals at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, but 2 tortoises survived. Here’s how.
That is, except for the two most popular animals at the center that survived the fire: A pair of aging, slow-moving, desert tortoises named Clyde and Clementine. You might say they slept through it.