Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched for the first time in the Philadelphia Zoo’s ...

A Galapagos tortoise has become a first-time mother at 100 years old. Article continues below Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...

But despite her name, the critically endangered Galápagos tortoise has only just become ... will be a part of a thriving population of Galapagos tortoises on our healthy planet 100 years from ...

The hatchlings were born to the approximately 100-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise known as “Mommy,” who is now the oldest first-time mom of her species and the zoo’s oldest ...

Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932. By Sopan Deb Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos ...

This programme aims to ensure the survival of the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise and maintain a genetically diverse population. The species is listed as critically endangered by the ...

A criticially endangered Galapagos tortoise has become the oldest first-time mother to four baby hatchlings at 97. The Philadelphia Zoo, where the tortoise named Mommy laid her eggs, said it was ...

A Galapagos tortoise is seen at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in Ecuador in this Nov. 11, 2008, file photo unrelated to the story. (Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) PHILADELPHIA ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at ...

In a remarkable turn of events at the Philadelphia Zoo, Mommy, a centenarian western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise, has laid her first eggs. This event marks a significant milestone for ...