For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomed a clutch of Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western ...

Meet Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia, named after the main characters in the beloved 80s sitcom The Golden Girls. The zoo ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...

It’s been about 18 months since Jo-Elle Mogerman became the first Black woman to serve as the Philadelphia Zoo’s president and CEO. She joined after years in the Midwest between Chicago and St ...

The names Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia pay tribute to the ladies of "The Golden Girls." More than 13,000 people voted for the names. Their nearly 100-year-old mother, named "Mommy", made ...

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At nearly 100-years old, the mother, whose name is "Mommy", became the oldest first-time mom of her species. The four nearly identical hatchlings made their Philadelphia Zoo debut yesterday.

It comes on the 93rd anniversary of their mother's arrival at the zoo. Her name is, appropriately, Mommy. It's the first time the Philadelphia Zoo has welcomed Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...