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The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A POPULAR sea lion which has been a member of Colchester Zoo for 22 years has died after her “health took a turn for the worse”.
A POPULAR sea lion which has been a member of Colchester Zoo for 22 years has died after her “health took a turn for the worse” Colchester Zoo has announced that Atlanta, a Patagonian Sea Lion, died ...
Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ...
A beloved animal who had been at a zoo for more than 20 years has died. Atlanta the sea lion arrived at Colchester Zoo in November 2003, living most of her life within the Playa Patagonia exhibit.
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines earlier this ...
Along some 70 miles of Southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in the water. The animals are being poisoned by the ocean they live in, experts say, ...
The pair of Western Santa Cruz tortoises, who've been at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 and 2020, respectively, are two of the zoo's most popular residents. Mommy is believed to be the oldest ...
A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. "All are doing well, eating and behaving appropriately," a Philadelphia Zoo spokesperson told ...
PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history.