Hera's golden apples grew in the Garde of Hesperides. Though the Hesperides were supposed to tend to the garden, the famed guardian of the golden apples is Ladon, the never-sleeping, hundred headed dragon.
in one of Hercules's labours he got 3 golden apples from the Hesperides Garden
APPLES OF IDUNA The golden apples from the garden of Iduna, goddess of youth
The constellation 'Draco'. 'Draco' in Latin means 'dragon'. In Greek myths, 'Draco' would have represented the dragon Ladon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides and the golden apples.
Draco is thought to be Ladon the Hesperian Dragon.
He stole the golden apples from the garden of the Hespiredes, he slew the Nemean Lion, the Hydra and many more monsters
Because she was golden and rich and liked apples
The Golden Apples of the Sun was created in 1953.
The eleventh labour of Heracles recounts his journey to the Garden of the Hesperides to steal the golden apples and slaying Ladon. See link
The Garden - Silver Apples album - was created in 1970.
The Golden Apples of the Sun has 192 pages.
I do not know if there is a special animal attributed to Atlas but he was famed for his flocks and herds and his garden of golden apples guarded by Hesperides.