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 ...

This video captures the intense rescue effort to save baby tortoises trapped underground. The unstable soil threatens to collapse as each shovelful gets closer to the hidden hatchlings. Experts ...

Artificial incubation has led to the first successful hatching of Aldabra Giant Tortoises in the Seychelles, following groundbreaking research that revealed their low hatching success in the wild was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville has had its most successful year hatching flat-tailed tortoises yet, with 10 new hatchlings joining the zoo. Zoo Knoxville shared a video of the new hatchlings ...

The Tulsa Zoo is displaying the seven Aldabra tortoises to visitors for the first time since they hatched this summer. The hatchlings are the first Aldabra tortoises born at the zoo in seven years.

CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG TERM IMPACTS THIS WILL HAVE ON THE LAKES AND STREAMS THEY ENJOY. A NEW WARNING OUT TONIGHT FROM THE BURLINGTON PARKS DEPARTMENT. A NEST OF BABY SNAPPING TURTLES HAS BEGUN TO ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show ...

The Philadelphia Zoo celebrated a slow and steady success in conservation: the hatching of nine new critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises. The new arrivals were revealed ...

The 16 were born in a series of hatches this year to Mommy and Abrazzo. The parents are both estimated to be about 100 years old. Staff members pose for photographs several of the 16 critically ...

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” – Henry Ford A missed opportunity to gather evidence from a seizure of baby giant tortoises at Galápagos Ecological Airport in 2021 has ...

The Aldabra tortoise herd at the Tulsa Zoo is growing with the recent hatchings of seven baby tortoises. The first came on Mother's Day marking a milestone for the Herps & Aquatics Department. "We ...