DENVER (KDVR) — An egg that was found in a tortoise habitat at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance over the winter has successfully hatched a tiny, but largely important, baby tortoise. Tuesday, the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Aldabra giant tortoises have arrived at their permanent home as the Indianapolis Zoo debuts a new exhibit space. Slow but steady, several giant tortoises inched their way across ...

Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents and the "Golden" moment is now being marked in their children's names. On April 23, 2025, the historic zoo ...

PHILADELPHIA — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Philadelphia Zoo, America’s first zoo, is celebrating a historic first—a rare giant tortoise now holds the record as the oldest first-time mother of her species. Her ...

UPDATE: Three more of Mommy's eggs have hatched as of May 15. All of the baby tortoises are boys. The longest resident at the Philadelphia Zoo is a new parent — and the oldest known first-time mom of ...

Gramma arrived in San Diego between 1928–1931 as part of the first group of Galápagos tortoises to come to the zoo.

Staff members pose for photographs several of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia on Wednesday. PHILADELPHIA ...