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

Our world has changed a lot and due to habitat loss, poaching, and disease, animals like Nyati are labeled as critically ...

Ashley Ortega from the Species Survival Plan in Texas is a crucial step toward keeping the genetic diversity of the species alive and ensuring that future generations of these tortoises will have ...

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched for the first time in the Philadelphia Zoo’s 150-year history. The hatchlings were born to the approximately 100-year-old ...

Lemurs are the most endangered mammal group in the world. Ring-tailed lemurs are endangered, says the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The Philadelphia Zoo’s Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo, both estimated to be 100 years old, are the ...

Four 2025 hatchlings of critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed ...

In a historic first for the Philadelphia Zoo, a 92-year-old Galápagos tortoise named Mommy has given birth for the first time, becoming the oldest documented member of her species to do so.

The Philadelphia Zoo’s tortoises are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan (SSP), a coordinated breeding program aimed at maintaining genetically healthy ...

(COURTESY OF THE PHILADELPHIA ZOO) Mommy is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP).

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan has recommended the two breed. “We’re excited to welcome Jango to Zoo Knoxville and to play a role in the survival of his species ...