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 ...

Stone Zoo in Stoneham welcomes a Linne’s two-toed sloth pup, born to Lunesta and Nero. The baby, their eighth, is thriving ...

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The two oldest residents of the Philadelphia Zoo are brand new parents to four hatchlings — a major milestone for this critically endangered species.

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 ...