Hassan Hanna, right, a wildlife veterinary intern in WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine, helps veterinary resident Peter Welsh prepare a wild porcupine for surgery to repair a broken leg on Tuesday, ...

This small South American porcupine has a feature that makes it especially interesting that a prehensile tail that helps it grip and hold on. The handler shows how securely it can cling while also ...

Zoo staff are still determining the porcupette’s sex — its unique anatomy makes the task surprisingly tricky Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Point Defiance Zoo welcomed its first-ever ...

The post When Porcupines Fall from Trees, Their Antibiotic Quills Save Them appeared first on A-Z Animals. Porcupines are known for having painful quills. These quills easily pierce the skin of ...

Porcupines are known for having painful quills. These quills easily pierce the skin of would-be predators, creating a life-threatening situation if left in place. Even porcupines are not immune to ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced the birth of a baby porcupine, also known as a porcupette. The porcupette was born to mom Gracie and dad Picante in June.

A Brazilian porcupine born last month at the San Diego Zoo will be joining her mother as a wildlife ambassador and will participate in educational presentations, officials said Tuesday. In the wild, ...

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Bears grab all the wildlife headlines, but recently there have been some sightings of an elusive animal in West Hartford and Unionville that few have ever seen. We are ...

When wandering trails through the Northwoods, look up in the trees for what might, at first glance, resemble the leafy nest of a squirrel. It could be a porcupine tucked among the branches. Sometimes ...