On June 15, 2025, in Miami, Goliath the Galapagos tortoise turned 135 and became a first-time father. His offspring hatched ...

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

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Zoo Miami gave a Father’s Day shoutout to one of its residents this weekend. Goliath is a 500-pound Galapagos tortoise who became a first-time dad this month at age ...

Julia Benzel & Patrick Kunse teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to feed Galápagos Tortoises in the Tortoise ...

Moss Point native and former NBA player Dale Brown is putting on his annual basketball camp. The Rotary Club of Pass Christian is once again hosting Paddle the Bay this weekend. It's feeling hot as ...

An extraordinary event unfolded at Zoo Miami on Sunday as a 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise named Goliath celebrated his ...

A South Florida zoo's oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father's Day on Sunday. Goliath, a ...

Goliath became a father for the first time on June 4, when one of the eight eggs of his mate, Sweet Pea, hatched, Zoo Miami ...

The mother of the tortoise hatchling is also pushing record numbers, with an age between 85 and 100 years old. “Sweet Pea” ...

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

“All animals with a backbone and a shell are turtles,” says Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, so it’s an umbrella term used for turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.