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 and Mural Arts are thrilled to dedicate and unveil brand-new works of art aimed at connecting the surrounding community to the Zoo and highlighting the vital conservation of 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 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA – It was Day 7 with 90-plus degree temperatures in Philadelphia, and a lot of the animals were moving a bit more languidly, but Shareef Parker's sons, Michael and Dallas, ages 4 and ...

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.

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 ...

Philadelphia Zoo debuts ‘critically endangered’ Sumatran orangutan baby. Jambi, of a critically endangered species specific to a shrinking region of Indonesia, has been promised a “happy, ... Every ...

Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos tortoise and a longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, who recently became a first-time mother at the estimated age of 100.