A vision for the future of the Elmwood Park Zoo could soon begin taking shape after Norristown council members authorized ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises ... Species Survival Plan (SSP)," the zoo said. The survival plan the zoo referenced is a framework to ensure the ...

A Philadelphia ... the zoo said, weighing 70-80 grams, or about as much as a chicken egg. The breeding effort was part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan, which ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first ... and Aquariums' species survival plan. She is also the oldest first-time ...