The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990s ...

Philly hosts the Penn Relays, a food fest-filled Sunday, and a Tokyo cheesesteak pop-up — plus baby tortoises at the zoo, live music picks, and more things to do.

The zoo on Wednesday debuted its four female Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings, moving them to their public ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western ...

Australian identical twin sisters Bridgette and Paula Powers have captured the internet’s attention after a video of them ...

Mommy is 97 and has been at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932. Milton W. Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23, 1932.

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed four new Western Santa Cruz tortoises, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. What makes these new additions remarkable is that their mother, affectionately named ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo has sprouted five massive plant displays of giant animals and ...

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park were captured on camera instinctively circling younger elephants in what’s called an “alert circle” during the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the region.

CBS Philadelphia Posted: April 15, 2025 | Last updated: April 15, 2025 Just in time for spring, the Philadelphia Zoo is unveiling its newest exhibit "ZOOtopiaries: Nature's Sculptures." ...

Two endangered Galapagos tortoises have become parents for the first time at nearly the age of 100, the Philadelphia Zoo has announced. The zoo said it was "overjoyed" to see female Mommy and male ...