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

Researchers have captured the moment when a lifelong vegetarian broke rank to eat meat -- and what made it all the more "horrifying" was that it was a tortoise. Scientists captured the moment on video ...

LOS ANGELES -- After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.

In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the arrivals of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — 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 ...

In early April, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four baby tortoises to their family, the first to be born there in the Zoo's 150-year history. The proud first-time mom, aptly named Mommy, was 93 years ...