A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement on Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The ...

Philadelphia Zoo's 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises, Mommy and Abrazzo, welcomed their first hatchlings, marking a historic ...

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 ...

Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo, both estimated to be 100 years old, are the proud parents of four hatchlings.

Philadelphia Zoo celebrates its first Galapagos tortoise hatchlings in over 150 years. Mommy, nearly 100, became a first-time ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family.

Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest-known first-time mother of her ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...

The hatchlings’ parents, female Mommy and male Abrazzo, however, are likely well-known to zoo-goers. Both are estimated to be ...