The New York Times3d
An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
At 97, Endangered Tortoise Becomes Oldest First-Time Mom of Her Species With Four New Hatchlings—and Potentially More on the Way
Philadelphia Zoo The world’s population of critically endangered Galápagos tortoises just got a little bigger. This week, Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the hatching of four Western Santa Cruz ...
The Olympian3d
Critically endangered tortoise becomes oldest first-time mom in world. See babies
One nearly century-old tortoise has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 — and now she’s living up to her name. Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...
UPI3d
Philadelphia Zoo announces hatching of its first Galapagos tortoise babies
April 4 (UPI) --The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ... using numbers from her car's odometer and ended up winning ...
Daily Local News2d
Endangered tortoises born to 100-year-old parents at Philadelphia Zoo
Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo, both estimated to be 100 years old, are the proud parents of four hatchlings. “This is a significant milestone in the history of ...
MyNorthwest.com2d
Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...
The Independent3d
Critically endangered tortoises hatched for the first time in zoo’s 150-year history
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
WHYY4d
Philadelphia Zoo welcomes 4 critically endangered Galapagos tortoises with more hatchlings possibly on the way
Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in the zoo’s century-and-a-half existence. The Western Santa ...