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"We didn’t think he was going to survive the winter being out there for the first time," the reptile's owner said Getty After 9 months of searching, a missing pet tortoise has been found a mile ...
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 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 ...
The Philadelphia Zoo says the hatchlings are "doing well." Four tortoise hatchlings born at the Philadelphia Zoo now have names. Over 13,000 people voted for the zoo's youngest stars to be named ...
A duplex was destroyed by a fire Sunday night, according to the Woodbury Fire Department. Firefighters arrived at the 7500 block of Afton Road close to 11:35 p.m. and observed the house engulfed ...
Trooper Lucious Fludd "found a large tortoise walking across the roadway," Trooper Paul Holdefer of Troop K said in a May 1, 2025, post on X. Fludd did some sleuthing and was able to get a hold of ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died, the zoo said in a social media post Friday morning. Emerson died peacefully Thursday, the zoo said, adding that Emerson had ...
The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a record-breaking tortoise and her new babies. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises are making international headlines. At nearly 100-years old ...