Mommy, a Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo who's about 100, has welcomed four hatchlings, making her the oldest first-time mom of her critically endangered species. Visitors can see the ...

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 it is “overjoyed” at ...

Any trip to Philadelphia Zoo must include a visit to see Mommy, the Galapagos tortoise who gained global attention when she became a first-time mom at the estimated ripe old age of 97.

Philadelphia Zoo's oldest resident gives birth to 4 critically endangered tortoises. Their mother is a first-time mom at 97 years old, becoming the oldest known first-time mother of her species ...

Two of the Philadelphia Zoo's oldest residents are new parents 00:50. A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents.

Abrazzo, the hatchlings' father, came to the Philadelphia Zoo from the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in South Carolina in December 2020. He's estimated to be 96, and hatched in the wild, like Mommy.

Mommy, a 97-year-old Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest first-time mom of her species after she welcomed four baby tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo in 2025.

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents and the "Golden" moment is now being marked in their children's names. On April 23, 2025, the historic ...

Philadelphia Zoo welcomes 3 male Galapagos tortoise hatchlings 00:23. The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz ...