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 ...

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A huge exotic African crested porcupine has been spotted wandering around Spanaway over the last month. It's taking neighbors by surprise and pets too. Nickole Waite caught it trying to dig under her ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Tanganyika Wildlife Park Director Mike Fouts brought in Quilliam, an African crested porcupine, to KSN’s Wild Side Wednesday afternoon. Fouts says African crested porcupines get ...

Spanish zookeepers have stepped in to hand-rear two baby porcupines after their mother abandoned them. The two little South African porcupines, also known as Cape porcupines, were born at Valencia ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A sad day at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo. Homer, an African crested porcupine passed away Thursday morning from natural causes. The zoo says Homer was an extremely popular ...

When you think of lions hunting, you probably imagine them feasting on a large animal like a buffalo or an antelope. But during times of drought or disease, those preferred kinds of prey may be in ...

When faced with a slow-moving, albeit prickly rodent, you might expect the King of the Jungle to come out on top. However, it’s barbs over brawn on the plains of Africa; porcupines are surprisingly ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. African lions do not usually feed on porcupines. However, in the absence of preferred prey like wildebeests, zebras and other ungulates, they can ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. (KWQC) - The Niabi Zoo is celebrating the birth of an African Cape porcupine, the first one to be born at the zoo. The baby, named Porcupette, was born on Jan. 7, to the zoo’s ...