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What to Know. Four hatchlings of critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have made their debut. On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the hatchlings made their ...

What to Know Four hatchlings of critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have made their debut. On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the hatchlings made their ...

Following the viral arrival of the four critically-endangered tortoise hatchlings earlier this year, the zoo has just announced the arrival of three more Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ...

Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with threats including human-wildlife conflict, the introduction ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history.

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a world record. Four critically endangered western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have just hatched. Four critically endangered western ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history ...