The mother of the tortoise hatchling is also pushing record numbers, with an age between 85 and 100 years old. “Sweet Pea” ...

A 134-year-old Galapagos tortoise is celebrating a potentially record-breaking Father's Day this weekend at Zoo Miami. Goliath the tortoise, who welcomed his first hatchling this month, is believed to ...

PHILADELPHIA – It was Day 7 with 90-plus degree temperatures in Philadelphia, and a lot of the animals were moving a bit more languidly, but Shareef Parker's sons, Michael and Dallas, ages 4 and ...

Breeding pairs are also at the San Diego Zoo, Miami Zoo and Honolulu Zoo. Making an old zoo feel new: Oldest zoo in the US finds new ways to flourish. See how it is making its mark.

A ring-tailed lemur living at a zoo in Scotland was officially named the oldest in the world by Guinness World Records at the ...

America's first zoo, which opened its doors to the public on July 1, 1874, has endured through two world wars, the Great Depression, political and social upheaval and not one but two global pandemics.

Mommy and Abrazzo are the zoo’s “oldest and most famous residents,” with the former being considered “one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos ...

Critically endangered tortoises hatched for the first time in zoo’s 150-year history. The 100-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ‘Mommy’ just became her species’ oldest first ...

The zoo's storied history includes several notable milestones: The Reptile House, present since the zoo's inception, is the oldest building in any North American zoo.

The Dublin Zoo shared that its 62-year-old chimpanzee, Betty, the oldest living chimpanzee in human care, was euthanized due to "age-related conditions" that were affecting her health.

America's first zoo, which opened its doors to the public on July 1, 1874, has endured through two world wars, the Great Depression, political and social upheaval and not one but two global pandemics.