Mommy, a 97-year-old Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, ... While fully grown female tortoises of the species can weigh upward of 250 lbs., the babies currently only weigh about 70 to 80 grams.

Kacprzyk says fully grown, they can grow up to 500 pounds. ... You can see the new Galapagos Tortoises along with all the other animals at the Pittsburgh Zoo this summer and all year long.

This is one of the two Galapagos tortoises stolen from the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. ... When fully grown, the tortoises can weigh up to 600 pounds and live for more than 100 years.

Goliath the tortoise had a big shellebration Sunday as he marked his first Father's Day. He also turned 135 at Zoo Miami. His hatchling was born on June 4 after incubating for about four months ...

Two young Galapagos tortoises were stolen from the St. Augustine ... The younger tortoises are each worth about $10,000 and can weigh up to 600 pounds when fully grown and live up to 150 years ...

At the beginning of the 16th century, before humans arrived, an estimated 250,000 giant tortoises representing 15 different species lived in the Galapagos. Once fully grown, the tortoises had no ...

From the time those 14 tortoises were taken into captivity between 1963 and 1974 until they were finally released in 2020, conservationists with the NGO Galápagos Conservancy and the Galapagos ...

From the time those remaining tortoises were taken into captivity, from 1963 to 1974, until they were finally released, in 2020, conservationists with the NGO Galápagos Conservancy and the ...

While fully grown female tortoises of the species can weigh upward of 250 lbs., the babies currently only weigh about 70 to 80 grams. The Philadelphia Zoo compared the weight to that of a chicken egg.