The animal was a long-time ambassador for his species, bringing conservation awareness to millions, zoo staff said.

This month, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the arrival of four hatchlings born to the male tortoise Abrazzo and the aptly ...

A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...

Mommy has been living at the Philadelphia Zoo for 90 years, and waited until old age to experience motherhood.

A tortoise named Mommy just became the oldest first-time parent of her species at an estimated 100 years old. The four hatchlings are all from the female incubation batch. The tortoises are part of a ...

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 ...

Neither the zoo nor the tortoises rushed the mating ... population biologists, animal-care and husbandry specialists and veterinarians,” Metz said. “They look at the genetic makeup of each ...

“Mommy arrived at the Zoo in 1932, meaning anyone that has visited the Zoo for the last 92 years has likely seen her,” said ...

Galapagos tortoises hatched 4 babies at the Philadelphia Zoo helping to ensure the survival of a critically endangered ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo announced Thursday that one of its oldest animals had died. Othello, a centenarian Aldabra giant tortoise, was humanely euthanized on Tuesday due to declining ...