“I don’t think there was any maliciousness involved on the snake’s side,” the Bedford County fire marshal said of the incident ...

After a fire started in the middle of the night at Forest Middle School in Virginia on August 13, killing a tortoise and damaging eight classrooms, officials have now named the suspected culprit: an 8 ...

BEDFORD, VA. (WFXR) - Its a fire investigation unlike anything Bedford County Chief Fire Marshal, Steven Whipple says he's seen before. Just after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters responded to a ...

Animal Care Services picked up an African tortoise, a spry goat and a carpet python this week, adding to the number of exotic animals found roaming on city streets in recent months. The first call to ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI - A chinchilla twitched its nose as wide-eyed and excited children began petting its fluffy body and bushy tail. This was the first of several exotic animal encounters that ...

SAGINAW TWP, MI — Walk into Custom Creatures, Saginaw Township’s new exotic pet store, and you’ll be greeted by the shop’s dome-shelled mascot Tara. That is, if the surprisingly swift sulcata tortoise ...

A Virginia teacher is denying claims that her 8-foot python is the reason behind a devastating school fire. After a fire was sparked at Forest Middle School in Forest, Va. on Aug. 13 just before 1 a.m ...

Jacobs says all reptiles were secured in locked tanks and heat fixtures were properly installed before the fire "I have never had an animal escape or have any lights/heat emitters cause any fire ...