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 ...
DENVER (KDVR) — An egg that was found in a tortoise habitat at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance over the winter has successfully hatched a tiny, but largely important, baby tortoise. Tuesday, the ...
A pair of Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises, who are estimated to be around a century old, have become parents for the first time at the Philadelphia Zoo. The arrival of four hatchlings to "Mommy ...
Staff members pose for photographs several of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia on Wednesday. PHILADELPHIA ...
On New Year’s Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released 88 olive ridley turtle hatchlings in Sitio Boac, Barangay Iriron, Calintaan in Occidental Mindoro. The nest of ...