In celebration of Earth Day, the Gladys Porter Zoo is hosting its annual Party for the Planet event. The celebration will ...

Children’s Play Day at the Gladys Porter Zoo is taking place this month. The event is designed to promote early childhood ...

Neb and five other tiger cubs were confiscated by authorities during an attempted sale at a Walmart parking lot.

Neb, a rare white tiger, has died at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, officials announced Monday. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Neb, our 17-year-old white tiger ...

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises hatched earlier this month, the first time in the zoo’s ...

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"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 ...

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 ...