"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 ...

This little snoot is very squishable. Rico is an 8-year-old male Brazilian porcupine and resident of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio. He’s also a bit of a social media star, appearing ...

LOS ANGELES — It was a quilling experience for all. Percy, a porcupine puppet of prodigious proportions, emerged from her giant stump home for an audience of schoolchildren and media members at a Los ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (CBS) --The Brookfield Zoo is welcoming a new member to the family, a baby porcupine. Also known as a porcupette, the little one was born on March 19 at the zoo, and is being ...

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 ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill — The Niabi Zoo is celebrating the birth of their first African Cape porcupine bred at the zoo, according to a news release. The baby porcupine (porcupette) was born on Jan. 7 to ...

If porcupines had a dating app (perhaps Quillove?), Quilliam would have immediately swiped right when Kale’s cute little snout full of whiskers popped up. Kale, on the other hand, likely wouldn’t have ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Children’s Zoo is celebrating the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine. The baby porcupine, referred to as a porcupette, was born on Aug. 1 to mom, Nora, and dad, ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — For the first time, Percy -- a colossal two-story tall porcupine puppet created by Jim Henson Creature Shop -- will visit the San Diego Zoo Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

DENVER—The death of a much-loved North American porcupine last month at the Denver Zoo had an unexpectedly happy ending. When the zoo announced the passing of Quill the porcupine on its social media, ...