Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings - the first ever born at the facility. The mother, known as Mommy, has lived at the zoo ...

DIRK the giant Galapagos tortoise has fathered the first one to be born in Britain — at the age of 70.The randy old-timer — named after well-endow.

Galapagos Islands. Add Topic. Not seen for 100 years, a rare Galápagos tortoise was considered all but extinct – until now. Ryan W. Miller. USA TODAY.

His name is "Goliath," and he is a Galapagos tortoise that weighs 517 pounds! The post ZOO MIAMI GALAPAGOS TORTOISE CELEBRATES BEING A FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT AGE 134! first appeared on Miami ...

Good shell-f life! Age-defying giant Galapagos tortoise impresses keepers at UK zoo after fathering EIGHT endangered baby reptiles at 70-years-old.

Lonesome George, the LAST giant Galapagos Islands turtle, dies at the age of 100 . By DAILY MAIL REPORTER . Published: 22:41 EDT, 24 June 2012 | Updated: 21:28 EDT, 25 June 2012 ...

They can also last a long time without food or water (around one year), plenty of time to slowly bob across the 700-plus miles of ocean that separates the Galapagos from mainland Ecuador.

Now, a new tortoise whose uniqueness was overlooked adds one more name to the Galapagos’ species count, as a team of researchers from Greece, the U.S., Canada and Ecuador announces today in the ...

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If London’s Natural History Museum held hide-and-seek contests, Charles Darwin’s pet tortoise would be a champion. The naturalist’s carapaced companion, plucked from the Galapagos and ...

A Galapagos tortoise has become a first-time mother at 100 years old. Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings - the first ever born ...