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.

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched. The boys join the Golden Girls — four ...

The four baby turtles at the Philadelphia Zoo now have names. The results are in, and they are names you will probably recognize. Meet Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia, named after the main ...

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 ...

Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ...

The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a record-breaking tortoise and her new babies. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises are making international headlines. At nearly 100-years old ...

PHILADELPHIA -- 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 earlier this ...

The first egg hatched on Feb. 27 and more that still could hatch are being monitored by the zoo's animal care team. Something incredible is happening at Philadelphia Zoo! We're overjoyed to ...

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 ...

A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. "All are doing well, eating and behaving appropriately," a Philadelphia Zoo spokesperson told ...