PHOENIX — An illegal killing of a juvenile desert tortoise has the Arizona Game and Fish Department searching for answers this weekend. According to KPHO.com, non-game biologists last saw the tortoise ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...

The zoo has not named the four hatchlings, believed to be female, yet; however, guests will be able to visit them starting on April 23 Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, is making history ...

After a female tortoise is fertilized, she undergoes several changes. After mating, the female tortoise will carry eggs for weeks to months, depending on the species. As the female tortoise gets ...

The Philadelphia Zoo's four new female tortoise hatchlings have been named. Votes for the names topped 13,000. They are named after four iconic TV female characters. PHILADELPHIA - It's time to ...

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched for the first time in the Philadelphia Zoo’s 150-year history. The hatchlings were born to the approximately 100-year-old ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...