An endangered tortoise named Mommy recently gave birth at nearly 100 years old. Sarah the matriarch did it first.

Both parents, Mommy and Abrazzo, are thought to be around 100 years old, making the tortoises two of the zoo’s oldest ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...

Four rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23.

Four 2025 hatchlings of critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed ...

In 2022, the animal care team worked jointly with the zoo’s conservation education team to study the giant tortoises and create an ethogram of Abrazzo’s behaviors to see how he spent his time.

(WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo announced the hatching of four critically ...

we take great responsibility participating in the Galapagos Tortoise Species Survival Plan, and are thrilled for this successful pairing of Mommy and Abrazzo,” said Vice President of Animal Well ...