Three new Galapagos tortoise babies join their four sisters, who hatched earlier this year and were named after the "Golden ...

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched.

A zoo press release sent via email proudly announced that three more critically endangered Galapagos tortoises — all male — ...

Montgomery County’s Jon Metz is a passionate artist specializing in wood-burned art, known as pyrography, highlights Reuben Harley for the Philadelphia Citizen. Though he has pursued various ...

Mommy arrived in Philadelphia in 1932 ... animal-care and husbandry specialists and veterinarians,” Metz said. “They look at the genetic makeup of each individual and the representation ...

But that would carry risk, said Rachel Metz, the Philadelphia Zoo’s vice president of animal well-being. Centuries ago, the Galápagos tortoise population numbered in the hundreds of thousands ...

By Derrick Bryson Taylor and Rebecca Carballo The sudden deaths of five meerkats at the Philadelphia Zoo this ... said Rachel Metz, the zoo’s vice president of animal well-being.

Rachel Metz, the vice president of animal well-being at the Philadelphia Zoo, said the added space to the exhibit will help with the breeding program The project will involve building a ...