Typically, ground forest fires can be deadly for slow moving creatures such as tortoises, or ground nesting birds, and even snakes in some instances.

Tortoises, renowned for being slow and steady creatures, are land-dwelling reptiles that can be found grazing on plants and grasses throughout the day. This herbivorous species typically inhabits ...

A California family’s pet tortoise made a slow-speed getaway that was somehow just fast enough to escape a massive shed fire ...

THIS is the nail-biting moment a pet tortoise makes an agonisingly slow escape to safety from her burning enclosure. The ...

Arizona state troopers rescued Stitch, the giant sulcata tortoise, from an interstate highway after it escaped from its enclosure at a ranch. By Sara Ruberg On an interstate highway between Phoenix ...

Most people assume tortoises are slow, plodding animals that would be among the last to escape danger. A three-year-old tortoise named Leo from Fullerton, California, turned that assumption completely ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — A tortoise has ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — A tortoise has reason to ‘shell-ebrate’ on Wednesday night after an unfortunate situation turned into a reptile rescue. Smithfield police said their officers rescued a ...