The owner of Ireland’s National Reptile Zoo has been called to assist gardaí after drug raids where they uncovered crocodiles being kept as pets in bathrooms of gang figures. James Hennessy ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...

The two oldest residents of the Philadelphia Zoo are brand new parents to four hatchlings — a major milestone for this ...

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoises hatched earlier this month, the first time in the zoo’s ...

A Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise named Mommy gave birth to four babies, believed to be female, at Philadelphia Zoo Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has ...

The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male Abrazzo, the zoo's two oldest residents. The quartet is being kept behind the scenes inside the Reptile and Amphibian House for now ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The ...