Zoo Miami's oldest animal, a 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise named Goliath, has become a father for the first time, marking a historic first hatchling for the zoo.

A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident is celebrating his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day. Officials at Zoo Miami ...

Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't ...

Zoo Miami is celebrating a possible world record after Goliath, the Galápagos Tortoise, became a first-time dad right before ...

A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands has discovered a tortoise with a "strong" genetic link to a presumed-extinct subspecies made famous by the popular Lonesome George, national park ...

New tortoise species found on Galapagos The iguanas heading home Diego, aged 100, is thought to have fathered hundreds of progeny, around 40% of the 2,000 giant tortoises alive today by some ...

A Galapagos tortoise is proving that it’s never too late to become a mom, having her first baby at almost 100 years old. advertisement. TheTravel.

The female tortoise, aptly named Mommy, at Philadelphia Zoo is now considered the oldest recorded first-time mom for the Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis porteri), at the age of 97.

Mommy, a 97-year-old Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest first-time mom of her species after she welcomed four baby tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo in 2025.

A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 has become the oldest known first-time mother of her species, according to officials at Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy, who has ...