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For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...
Four adorable western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise babies are now on display at Philadelphia Zoo after their 100-year-old ...
The zoo announced that the four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises born in February have been named Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia after more than 13,000 people voted.
Four tortoise hatchlings born at the Philadelphia Zoo now have names. Over 13,000 people voted for the zoo's youngest stars to be named after the four main characters from TV's "The Golden Girls" -- ...
Four baby Galapagos tortoises made their public debut Wednesday at the Philadelphia Zoo. They are the offspring of the zoo’s ...
Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...
OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most ...
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 ...
Before the new arrivals, there were only 44 Western Santa Cruz Giant tortoises in all of the zoos in the United States, according to the Philadelphia Zoo. The baby tortoises will likely never ...
Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...
Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23 ... Mommy is ...
In addition to Mommy, Abrazo and their four hatchlings, the Philadelphia Zoo is home to one other adult Galapagos tortoise named Little Girl, as well as two giant Aldabra tortoises named Betty and ...