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

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

A Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo has four new hatchlings. The first-time mother and her mate are both 100 years old!

Exodus Adventure Travels unveils top wildlife tours, including new trips to the Galapagos, Maasai Mara, and Carpathian ...

“It’s exciting to see the first in situ footage of a juvenile colossal and humbling to think that they have no idea that ...

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

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

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said ...

The sex of tortoise hatchlings is influenced by temperature, so the zoo incubated eight eggs below 28° Celsius (82.4° Fahrenheit) to produce males and the other eggs above 29.5°C (85.1°F) to produce ...

This weekend, catch up on the latest episode of "Dope Thief," pick some tulips at a local farm, and maybe adopt your next ...

The schiribilla bird of the Galápagos Islands was observed by Charles Darwin in 1835 but has been missing ever since — until ...