The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched. The boys join the Golden Girls​ — four female ...

Three new Galapagos tortoise babies join their four sisters, who hatched earlier this year and were named after the "Golden ...

The Philadelphia Zoo continues to make history: three more critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched at the Zoo. Courtesy: Philadelphia ...

Following the viral arrival of the four critically endangered Galapagos tortoise hatchlings earlier this year, the ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo was full of families celebrating Mother's Day. They gathered for a ...

With warmer weather on the horizon, one of Zoo Knoxville's most iconic and beloved residents is moving back into the spotlight. Big Al, the giant Aldabra tortoise, will return to his summer ...

is the oldest resident of the Philadelphia Zoo. She's been there since 1932. And she is the oldest first-time mom of her species, a Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise. In the wild, these ...

A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans interact with their environment. Researchers analyzed over 12,000 ...

(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 officially debuted four critically endangered ...

After opening votes up to the public, the Philadelphia Zoo’s newest residents finally have names. 6 ABC proudly reports that those four Galapagos tortoise hatchlings — the first in the zoo’s ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents and the "Golden" moment is now being marked in their children's names. On April 23, 2025, the historic ...