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4 New Tortoises Make Their Debut at the Philadelphia Zoo Next Week
The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these ...
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This Little Tortoise Shows Us We’ve Been All Wrong About Their Portable Shell-ters
Who knew a tortoise could feel through its shell? Find out why most of what we think we know about tortoise shells is ...
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Thousands of Giant Tortoises Anchor a Thriving Ecosystem on Aldabra, a Remote Atoll in the Indian Ocean
Life on Aldabra atoll, on the western fringe of the Indian Ocean, moves at the pace of its oldest inhabitants. I’ve already ...
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A Hurricane Swept These Tortoises Across Miles of Ocean to a New Home in Florida—and Now, They’re Thriving
Park rangers say at least 84 gopher tortoises are now living at Fort de Soto Park near St. Petersburg. Prior to Hurricane ...
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Arizona wildlife agency seeking homes for desert tortoises
The Desert Tortoise Adoption Program at the Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking homes for over 100 desert tortoises.
Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...
Over 100 desert tortoises up for adoption at Arizona Game and Fish Department
Over 100 desert tortoises at the Arizona Game and Fish Department seek a home where they can happily crawl around and burrow ...
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Endangered Tortoises Become First-Time Parents At Nearly 100 Years Old
Something kind of amazing happened recently at the Philadelphia Zoo: A pair of critically endangered, almost 100-year-old ...
Zoo's tortoises become first-time parents... aged about 100
Critically endangered Galapagos tortoises Abrazzo and Mommy are parents of four hatchlings at Philadelphia Zoo ...
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Four critically endangered Galápagos tortoises hatch at the Philadelphia Zoo
A pair of Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises, who are estimated to be around a century old, have become parents for the ...
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Endangered tortoises born to 100-year-old parents at Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo’s Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo, both estimated to be 100 years old, are the ...
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Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at ...