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Gladys Porter Zoo to host annual Party for the Planet, Earth Day event
In celebration of Earth Day, the Gladys Porter Zoo is hosting its annual Party for the Planet event. The celebration will ...
Philadelphia Zoo hatches 4 endangered Western Galapagos tortoises
PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz ...
100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings at Philly Zoo
For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...
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Couple new parents to 4 babies at nearly 100 years old? It happened in Philadelphia
The first records about Abrazzo are from April 1929 at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas. Galapagos tortoises are the largest living species of tortoises; males grow to an average of about 500 pounds ...
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'Seemingly impossible': Endangered tortoise becomes first-time mom at about 100 years old
Ashley Ortega, who coordinates the captive Galápagos tortoise Species Survival Plan at Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas, said in the statement that the program was "thrilled" to help welcome the ...
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100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings at Philly Zoo
said Galapagos Tortoise SSP Coordinator and Studbook Keeper Ashley Ortega at Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas. Galapagos tortoises come from the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. As the ...
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100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings at Philly Zoo
PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to ... and Studbook Keeper Ashley Ortega at Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas. Galapagos tortoises ...