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By Kristine Sabillo A pair of Galápagos tortoises in their 90s recently made headlines for successfully producing offspring ...
Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since ...
A Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo has four new hatchlings. The first-time mother and her mate are both 100 years old!
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...
The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities.
Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...
Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed the successful hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, ...
Mommy, who's been at the Fairmount Park attraction since 1932, and her mate Abrazzo welcomed four hatchlings earlier this ...
The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...
The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the first ...
“It’s exciting to see the first in situ footage of a juvenile colossal and humbling to think that they have no idea that ...
“Mommy arrived at the Zoo in 1932, meaning anyone that has visited the Zoo for the last 92 years has likely seen her,” said ...