For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo may have closed its gates for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it never truly closed. "Well, you can't furlough the animals," said Vik ...

The Philadelphia Zoo just added a whole lot of flamboyance. Flamingos have moved into a newly renovated area that will open to the public Saturday. MORE: Philadelphia to begin opening its public ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents-- the time to name those hatchlings will be much, much shorter. On April 23, 2025, the historic zoo showed ...

The Summer Ale Fest returns to the Philadelphia Zoo for an exciting evening with some of the zoo's most favorable animals, beer sampling, food and so much more. On Saturday, July 19, from 7 p.m. until ...

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Any trip to Philadelphia Zoo must include a visit to see Mommy, the Galapagos tortoise who gained global attention when she became a first-time mom at the estimated ripe ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The Philadelphia Zoo celebrated a slow and steady success in conservation: the hatching of nine new critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises. The ...

In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the arrivals of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male ...

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched. The boys join the Golden Girls — four female ...

Philadelphia Zoo and Mural Arts are thrilled to dedicate and unveil brand-new works of art aimed at connecting the surrounding community to the Zoo and highlighting the vital conservation of the Zoo.