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 ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...