Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...

This month, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the arrival of four hatchlings born to the male tortoise Abrazzo and the aptly ...

Among those remaining eggs are some that were incubated at a temperature that would likely result in male tortoises. While fully grown female tortoises of the species ... The Philadelphia Zoo compared ...

A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...

The zoo's reptile and amphibian team dug them up, incubating them at different temperatures to nurture four male and four female tortoises. Four prior egg clutches from Mommy failed to yield any ...

to hatch the first tortoises of this species in the zoo’s history. The female tortoise has laid four clutches of eggs since 2023, but none have hatched, zoo officials said. Tortoises can lay two ...