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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years
A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her ...
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Tyler Arboretum gets $105,000 Earth Day donation
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AP PHOTOS: Four baby tortoises debut at Philadelphia Zoo, home to their nearly 100-year-old parents
Four baby Galapagos tortoises made their public debut Wednesday at the Philadelphia Zoo. They are the offspring of the zoo’s ...
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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile ...
Photos: 4 baby tortoises debut at Philadelphia Zoo, home to their nearly 100-year-old parents
One of four Galapagos tortoises hatchlings make its debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
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Gopher tortoise population spikes at Fort De Soto Park
During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...
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Tortoise hatchlings to make public debut at Philadelphia Zoo after mother sets world record
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines earlier this ...
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A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado
KOKOMO, Miss. — (AP) — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March. “He’s been ...