Four babies born to nearly 100-year-old parents? It happened in Philadelphia
OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most ...
Endangered tortoise, roughly 97, becomes oldest first-time mom of her species
Four rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23.
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Traffic noise turns Galápagos warblers into angry birds
By Shreya Dasgupta Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a ...
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Traffic Noise May Be Making These Bright Yellow Birds More Aggressive in the Galápagos Islands, Study Suggests
Alper Yelimlies The Galápagos Islands are famous for their pristine, natural ecosystems. But even on this remote and mostly ...
Galapagos tortoise hatchlings arrive at the Philadelphia Zoo, and their mom sets a record
The Philadelphia Zoo officially has a few new residents, coming in the form of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings that were successfully bred and hatched at the zoo — a first in its ...
Philadelphia Zoo hatches 4 endangered Western Galapagos tortoises
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. The ...
Traffic noise is making these Galápagos birds more aggressive
The Galápagos yellow warblers on the more populous island of Santa Cruz also increased the duration of their song when ...
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Philly Zoo’s 100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings
(WPHL)–For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...