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Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.

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June 15, Zoo Miami's oldest animal celebrated his 135th birthday. His name is "Goliath," and he is a Galapagos tortoise that weighs 517 pounds. Up until […] The post Zoo Miami Galapagos tortoise ...

Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a father for the first time earlier this month, zoo officials said.

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

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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 ...

A South Florida zoo's oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father's Day on Sunday.

Philadelphia Zoo has confirmed the successful hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, part of a clutch of 16 eggs laid by a 100-year-old female named &apos ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida zoo's oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father's Day on Sunday.