Following the viral arrival of the four critically-endangered tortoise hatchlings earlier this year, the zoo has just ...

A Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise named Mommy gave birth to four babies, believed to be female, at Philadelphia Zoo Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has ...

The Philadelphia Zoo has announced the hatching of three critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, adding ...

A zoo press release sent via email proudly announced that three more critically endangered Galapagos tortoises — all male — ...

A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 has become the oldest known first-time mother of her species, according to officials at Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy, who has ...

Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ...

"Mommy the Galapagos ... tortoise species to extinction, while western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises number just a few thousand. The tortoises have historically suffered from people hunting ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...

SERVION, Switzerland, June 3 (Reuters) - A rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise made its public debut at a Swiss zoo on Friday. Two of the tortoises were born last month at the Tropiquarium in the ...

There are also historical records of seafarers moving the tortoises between islands. Gaughran, a postdoctoral research fellow in ecology and evolutionary biology, said: "Like many people ...