The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities.

These boobies live off the western coasts of Central and South America. The Galápagos Islands population includes about half of all breeding pairs of blue-footed boobies. Like other boobies ...

Until the 17th century, hundreds of thousands of giant tortoises lived in the Galapagos Islands. However, sailors began ...

Galapagos tortoises hatched 4 babies at the Philadelphia Zoo helping to ensure the survival of a critically endangered ...

"This is a monumental achievement for our animal care team that ... Generally, there are about 17,000 Galapagos tortoises ...

A new study has discovered that birds in the Galapagos Islands are changing their behavior ... Published in the journal Animal Behaviour and led by experts from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU ...

AP) — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia ... hatch are being monitored by the zoo's animal care team. “This is a significant milestone ...

On his visit to the islands in 1835, Charles Darwin noticed the slight differences between the same types of animal on each island. This helped him work out how they had adapted to their ...