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 ...

Artificial incubation has led to the first successful hatching of Aldabra Giant Tortoises in the Seychelles, following groundbreaking research that revealed their low hatching success in the wild was ...

Have you ever wondered how tortoises lay eggs? For many temperate species, such as Mediterranean and North American tortoises, eggs typically hatch between late August and early October, though ...

Being buried alive sounds like a nightmare, but it is just the beginning for green turtles. This turtle species starts its ...

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 ...

April 4 (UPI) --The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the first of their species to hatch at the facility in its history.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines earlier this ...

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 ...

These tiny diamondback terrapin turtles on Long Beach Island did not nest in time for winter. See how they will spend winter ...