Did you know that baby porcupines are called porcupettes? The tiny animals are born with soft quills that harden within hours, and have a steep learning curve to go from baby to full-grown, ...

Zoo's Adorable Video of Baby Porcupine Exploring Has Everyone in Love originally appeared on PetHelpful. There's nothing better than watching a baby animal explore the world. They're so curious and ...

The decline isn’t just in Northern California: Across the West, porcupines are vanishing. Wildlife scientists are racing to ...

It took me many years to become aware of just how wonderful porcupines are. I remember always just thinking "quills" when I thought of a porcupine, in the context of having to extract them from my dog ...

The baby porcupine — also known as a porcupette — will be bottled-fed at the Brookfield Zoo until they are old enough for a solid food diet Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

"It was totally up to Hettie where she gave birth, and she decided to leave her cozy indoor dens and share the wonders of porcupine childbirth with our excited visitors," a London zookeeper said ...

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At age 3, my grandson Nicholas asked me, "Grandpa, how do you pick up a porcupine?" Oh my, I thought at the time, I wonder why he wants to know. The reasons not to pick up a porcupine clearly outweigh ...

Scientists reveal the existence of a new species of Colombian porcupine, Coendou vossi, that remained hidden for decades in ...