Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...

In a shocking twist to its slow-and-steady image, a tortoise is caught hunting and eating a bird. This rare behavior challenges everything we thought we knew about these seemingly gentle reptiles.

We don’t know if a tortoise can really smile but it sure looks like Myrtle, a pet tortoise, is overjoyed to be back with its ...

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

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November ...

The two oldest residents of the Philadelphia Zoo are brand new parents to four hatchlings — a major milestone for this ...

A tortoise named Mommy just became the oldest ... According to the press release, they are eating well and growing appropriately, weighing about the same as a chicken egg. The babies will make ...

The two oldest residents of the Philadelphia Zoo are brand new parents to four hatchlings — a major milestone for this ...

They’ve been eating and growing behind the scenes at the zoo but are set to make their public debut on April 23. Now, the baby tortoises weigh about 2 to 3 ounces, or approximately the weight of ...

A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. "All are doing well, ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become ... behind the scenes inside the Reptile and Amphibian House for now, "eating and growing ...