Firefighters in Prescott Valley rescued a pet tortoise after a heat lamp sparked a fire in a backyard shed. If hired, ...

According to the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA), firefighters received reports of smoke coming from a ...

Crowds of two-legged Arkansans met some new four-legged and no-legged friends Saturday during the Show Me Reptile Show at the ...

Animal activists gathered outside the Pomona Fairplex on Saturday during a reptile expo to raise awareness about the cruelty of the exotic pet trade after dead and dying animals were […] ...

There are plenty of places I would expect to see turtles, like pet stores, in the wild, and as they appear on television as ...

Here’s what you need to know about owning a raccoon as a pet in Florida, and how some exotic pets in Florida are classified ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Andrew Desjardins is the owner and operator of Mr. Drew and His Animals Too in Poland. The center takes in unwanted or illegal pets, mostly reptiles, and cares for them. Mr. Drew ...

Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise and the San Diego Zoo’s oldest resident, has died. She came from the Bronx Zoo nearly a century ago and was known as the "Queen of the Zoo." Visitors and ...

Gramma, the San Diego Zoo’s oldest Galapagos tortoise, died at age 141. She arrived at the zoo between 1928 and 1931 and became a community icon. “Her story has become woven into the very fabric of ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.Gramma was born ...