Last year, the Houston Zoo had an extra-special Valentine’s Day surprise: their 90-year-old radiated tortoise, Mr. Pickles, became a dad for the very first time. Now, one year later, these ...

WHO: Mr. and Mrs. Pickles, two radiated tortoises at the Houston Zoo. WHAT: They are the proud parents of three new hatchlings: Dill, Gherkin, and Jalepeño Pickles. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Well, first of ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- The oldest animal at the Houston Zoo is also its newest father. At 90 years old, an endangered radiated tortoise named Mr. Pickles and his mate Mrs. Pickles welcomed three new little ...

Nobody ever said turtles worked quickly. Though it took him nearly a century, the 90-year-old radiated tortoise known as Mr. Pickles is finally a dad. The Houston Zoo announced on Thursday that he and ...

Slow and steady, Mr. Pickles. A tortoise in Texas has become a first-time dad at 90 years old, the Houston Zoo announced last week. Mr. Pickles is a radiated tortoise who is the oldest animal at the ...

Mr. Pickles is quite special. For starters, this radiated tortoise is considered “the most genetically valuable radiated tortoise in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan.

In the animal kingdom, you’re never too old to become a first-time parent because the oldest animal at the Houston Zoo becomes a first-time dad. The zoo made the discovery when a herpetology keeper ...

At 90 years old, you'd think Mr. Pickles the tortoise would be taking it easy at the Houston Zoo. But that's not the case — Mr. Pickles recently became a father for the first time.His three babies are ...