The Virginian-Pilot

Home is where the shell is: Backyard sanctuary gives turtles, tortoises a safe place to thrive

Here’s something you might not know about tortoises: They have nerve endings in their shells, which means they can feel it when you pet them. If you don’t believe it, watch Redfoot wiggle around when ...
Smithsonian Magazine

At 97, Endangered Tortoise Becomes Oldest First-Time Mom of Her Species With Four New Hatchlings—and Potentially More on the Way

The four hatchlings are eating and putting on weight before their public debut on April 23. Their clutch included 12 other eggs, which have yet to hatch. Philadelphia Zoo The world’s population of ...
EurekAlert!

Successful hatching for endangered giant tortoises with artificial incubation

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 ...
WVEC

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 ...