It is also an increasingly rare opportunity for researchers. Today Galápagos penguins join the more than half of all penguin species that are classified as endangered or vulnerable, imperiled by ...

The adventurer started this challenge to raise awareness and collect funds for Motor Neuron Disease in honour of his late father. The 51-year-old has crossed five continents to connect people with ...

When the board of Bel­gian biotech Gala­pa­gos asked Paul Stof­fels to be­come CEO, he told them he was on­ly in­ter­est­ed in do­ing the job for … ...

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of significant leadership hirings, firings and retirings across the industry. Please send the good word—or the bad—from your shop to Darren ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents-- the time to name those hatchlings will be much, much shorter. On April 23, 2025, the historic zoo ...

Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, born ...

Mommy, a western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri), made international headlines earlier this month for becoming the oldest first-time mom of her species.Mommy's exact age ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. One of four Galapagos tortoises hatchlings make ...

The Philadelphia Zoo’s newest residents are officially accepting visitors. The zoo on Wednesday debuted its four female Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings, moving them to their public ...

Partly cloudy with a chance of rain. Chance of precipitation 40%. High temperature around 80F. Dew point will be around 78F with an average humidity of 97%. Winds will be 8 mph from the SE. Partly ...

Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Turtles will make their public debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday for the first time in over 150 years.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines ...