Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these new additions remarkable is that their mother, affectionately named ...

Mommy is 97 and has been at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932.Milton W. Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23, 1932. Records suggest ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo in the US have become first-time parents. The zoo said it was “overjoyed” at the arrival of the ...

It’s been about 18 months since Jo-Elle Mogerman became the first Black woman to serve as the Philadelphia Zoo’s president and CEO. She joined after years in the Midwest between Chicago and St ...

NORRISTOWN — A vision for the future of the Elmwood Park Zoo could begin taking shape after Norristown council members authorized conditional use approval of a master plan on Tuesday ...

NORRISTOWN, PA. (WPVI) -- Elmwood Park Zoo has been a community staple in Norristown for more than 100 years. It celebrated the centennial last summer with a brand new Welcome Center and ...

A stadium sized balloon has successfully launched from Wānaka Airport - after several cancellations. The super-pressure NASA balloon will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an engine fire resulted in passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight evacuating down emergency slides onto the tarmac at ...