Great snorkeling, luxury resorts, and plenty of opportunities for marine wildlife encounters are all hallmarks of a vacation ...

And leatherback turtles are not faring as well as other species. Globally, leatherbacks are considered vulnerable to ...

The baby reptiles—all females—are a beacon of hope for their species. Before the youngsters hatched, U.S. zoos had a combined total of only 44 Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises ...

Fig, a little leopard tortoise, enjoys a good scratch on his bony bottom, wiggling back and forth to make sure his owner gets all the itchy spots. Those of us who have never owned ... the superficial ...

The incubation temperature determines the sex of the Galapagos tortoise hatchlings, so zoo personnel can select how many male and female hatchlings they need to keep the species growing. The first ...

The baby tortoises will debut on Wednesday, April 23, the 93rd anniversary of Mommy’s arrival at the Zoo. “Conservation is so important for us all,” Augustine emphasizes. “There are laws and ...

A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 has become the oldest known first-time mother of her species, according to officials at Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy, who has ...

Four of them have since hatched — the first successful hatching for her species at the zoo, which opened in 1874. She had help, of course — from Abrazzo, a male tortoise who is also estimated ...

In 2020, as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan ... 44 individual Western Santa Cruz Giant tortoises in all U.S. zoos combined, according to the ...

Why Trust Us? A tortoise named Mommy just became the oldest first-time parent of her species at an estimated 100 years old. The four hatchlings are all from the female incubation batch.