直到今年，哥利亚与一只名为甜豆（Sweet Pea）、年纪介于85岁到100岁的雌性象龟交配，才终于顺利繁殖后代，1月27日产下一窝8枚龟蛋，其中1枚于6月4日成功孵化，这不仅是哥利亚第一次当爸爸，也是迈阿密动物园首次成功孵化加拉巴哥象龟，具有重要的保育与历史意义。

A Galapagos tortoise named Goliath celebrated his 135th birthday on Father's Day. But reaching an impressive age isn't the ...

Fernanda is a lone small female tortoise who was spotted on Fernandina Island in 2019. She’s a member of a species once thought to be extinct in the Galapagos Islands, a new genetic study has ...

Goliath the tortoise had a big shellebration Sunday as he marked his first Father's Day. He also turned 135 at Zoo Miami. His hatchling was born on June 4 after incubating for about four months ...

Galapagos 'fantastic giant tortoise' was believed to be extinct for 100 years — until the discovery of a lone 50-year-old female nicknamed Fernanda.

But another "fantastic giant tortoise" was never found, with the species long considered extinct — that is, until Fernanda. Fernanda, who researchers believe is at least 50 years old, was ...

MIAMI, Florida — A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day on Sunday. Goliath, a 234-kilogram (517-pound) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a ...

A new species of giant tortoise has been discovered hiding in plain sight on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. A population of about 250 animals living in an arid inland area of Santa Cruz island turns ...

Until then, Fernanda is living out her days under the care of experts at the Galapagos Tortoise Center managed by the Galapagos National Park Directorate. Communications Biology DOI: 10.1038 ...

The “fantastic giant tortoise” — a rare Galápagos species with a huge, flared shell — has only been identified once, more than a century ago, in 1906. It’s since widely been considered ...

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.