An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – ...
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 ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show ...
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 ...
The first successful hatching of baby turtles at the reptile zoo represents an important operational milestone. The footage ...
On New Year’s Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released 88 olive ridley turtle hatchlings in ...
A critically endangered species of tortoise is in slightly less danger of extinction after a pair of century-old parents produced 16 hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy and Abrazzo, a couple of ...