'Seemingly impossible': 100-year-old giant tortoise reproduces for first time
A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...
Endangered tortoise, 97, welcomes four hatchlings at Philadelphia Zoo
Four rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23.
Critically endangered tortoises hatched for the first time in zoo’s 150-year history
Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched for the first time in the Philadelphia Zoo’s ...
97-Year-Old Galápagos Tortoise Breaks Record as First-Time Mom
A nearly century-old Galápagos tortoise welcomed four babies recently, boosting a critically endangered population.
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'Seemingly impossible': Endangered tortoise becomes first-time mom at about 100 years old
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 ...
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Bird Island: White sand, exotic wildlife & the world's largest tortoise
Watson was visiting Guy Savy, the owner of Bird Island, Seychelles, when the very large tortoise approached them. As Guy tells the story: “We were having fun naming our newfound friend.
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Tortoises rule on this isolated island
This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...