Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.

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Philadelphia Zoo Welcomes Four Endangered Tortoise Hatchlings Four endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises hatched ...

Four 2025 hatchlings of critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed as critical in the species' survival. The parents -- aptly-named Mommy and ...

MOSELEY — Poppy the popular pygmy hippo made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. She and her ...

The zoo is celebrating the grand opening of its Big Cats of Arizona habitat, a new state-of-the-art space showing some of ...

The new habitat is home for the zoo’s two jaguars, Caipora and Saban, and the mountain lion Mystic. Here's a sneak peek of ...

As a new animal habitat sprung up at Phoenix Zoo, two California condors watched closely. Then they learned who was moving in ...

Scientists and land owners have proposed releasing wolves, bears and lynxes - but not everyone is on board with this ...

Six possums are being cared for at a zoo in West Lothian after being found abandoned outside a Lidl supermarket. The sugar ...

The all-male Asian elephant herd at the Denver zoo has one of the best bachelor pads in the country, according to a list by ...