A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these ...

Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos tortoise while sailing on the HMS Beagle in 1835. He noted the shells’ unique shape ...

By Kristine Sabillo A pair of Galápagos tortoises in their 90s recently made headlines for successfully producing offspring ...

Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed the successful hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, ...

The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities.

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

Mommy, who has lived at the zoo for nearly 93 years, is seen as one of the most "genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises" in ...

Galapagos tortoises hatched 4 babies at the Philadelphia Zoo helping to ensure the survival of a critically endangered ...

A 97-year-old tortoise makes history for the critically endangered species.