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 ...

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 ...

One of the most popular birds at the Philadelphia Zoo has a new home. Flamingo Cove, an outdoor walkthrough aviary, is now open next to McNeil Avian Center. The new spot honors the zoo’s history by ...

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 off the highly ...

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 ...

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 ...