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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is once again for the birds. According to the zoo, after some much needed TLC the zoo’s birdhouse has officially reopened. They add that the penguin ...
The tiny joey, born the size of a jellybean, has spent the past few months growing and developing inside the mother's pouch.
This month, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the arrival of four hatchlings born to the male tortoise Abrazzo and the aptly ...
Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...
Mommy, who's been at the Fairmount Park attraction since 1932, and her mate Abrazzo welcomed four hatchlings earlier this ...
The hatchlings’ parents, female Mommy and male Abrazzo, however, are likely well-known to zoo-goers. Both are estimated to be ...
Galapagos tortoises hatched 4 babies at the Philadelphia Zoo helping to ensure the survival of a critically endangered ...
Mommy has been living at the Philadelphia Zoo for 90 years, and waited until old age to experience motherhood.
She is also the oldest first-time mom of the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos species. The last clutch of such tortoises to hatch ...
The last clutch of such tortoises to hatch at an AZA-accredited zoo was in 2019 at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, ...
The births were a "first" in the zoo's 150-year history, and Mommy, who arrived in 1932, was the oldest known first-time ...
The Philadelphia Zoo’s Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo, both estimated to be 100 years old, are the ...