And while this description may sound like pessimism, it’s intended as an exhortation, a call to recognize what’s happening ...

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

Trump plan leaves protected species a risk, environmentalists warn - At issue is a longstanding definition of ‘harm’ ...

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

(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).

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 ...

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

The parents, PJ and Julien, were matched through a Species Survival Plan to help ensure a healthy population. The Naples Zoo will host a gender reveal for the lemur twins the following week.