The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released onto a Galapagos island in Ecuador last month, according to the ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...

Galapagos Crake has been recorded on the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in 190 years. The elusive rallid was ...

Although Western Santa Cruz tortoises are still facing threats such as habitat loss and invasive species, Galápagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation have been vital to their ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — A pair of critically endangered ...

She is also the oldest first-time mom of the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos species. The last clutch of such tortoises to hatch at an AZA-accredited zoo was in 2019 at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in ...