NEW YORK — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey was dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's 80-year-old Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died, the zoo said in a social media post Friday ...

In early April, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four baby tortoises to their family, the first to be born there in the Zoo's ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The ...

Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...

Mommy, who has lived at the zoo for nearly 93 years, is seen as one of the most “genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises” in the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Species Survival Plan. She laid 16 ...

"eating and growing appropriately." Mommy is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan, the zoo said in an ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia ... the Reptile and Amphibian House for now, “eating and growing appropriately,” the zoo said.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia ... and Amphibian House for now, “eating and growing appropriately ...

A Galapagos tortoise is seen at the Charles Darwin Research ... the scenes inside the Reptile and Amphibian House for now, "eating and growing appropriately," the zoo said. They weigh between ...