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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 ...
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Philadelphia Zoo announces historic births
Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises hatched earlier this month, the first time in the zoo’s ...
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Philadelphia Zoo hatches 4 endangered Western Galapagos tortoises
"The Galapagos Tortoise SSP program is thrilled to help Philadelphia Zoo welcome Mommy's offspring," said Galapagos Tortoise SSP Coordinator and Studbook Keeper Ashley Ortega at Gladys Porter Zoo ...
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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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At 97, Endangered Tortoise Becomes Oldest First-Time Mom of Her Species With Four New Hatchlings—and Potentially More on the Way
His origin story is a bit murky, but the first records for the turtle dad come from the Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas in April 1929, reports USA Today’s Phaedra Trethan. He’s been at Philadelphia ...
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Critically endangered Galapagos tortoises become first time parents at nearly 100 years old
Mommy is the oldest first-time mum of her species at any zoo in the US, according to Galapagos Tortoise SSP coordinator and studbook keeper, Ashley Ortega at Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas.
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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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'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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Philly Zoo’s 100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings
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 ...