This prehensile-tailed porcupine is the first of its kind born at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota says several people contacted them about a porcupine spotted in North St. Paul. A volunteer with Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release, Inc. was called ...

1) The Cape porcupine, scientifically known as the ‘Hystrix africaeaustralis’, grows up to 1 meter long and weighs between 10 to 24kg in weight. This species is the world’s largest porcupine ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new resident three weeks ago: a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine. The unnamed porcupette was born to mom Quinn and dad Seamus on March 27, the zoo announced Friday.

ROSEVILLE, Minn — A mama porcupine and her baby are safely back home in the northwoods after getting lost in the suburbs. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville told KARE 11 that a ...