The new addition is the third offspring born to parents Prickles and Shadow, two prehensile-tailed porcupines at the Stone Zoo in Massachusetts Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New residents moved into the Austin Nature and Science Center, and the community will get to meet them firsthand on Sunday. Those new residents are baby porcupines. The center decided ...

A baby animal throwing a tantrum and falling off a deck is always going to be adorable, but when the baby animal is a porcupine, things can get a little prickly. In this wholesome clip from the ...

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, ...

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 ...

When you think of a porcupine, what adjectives come to mind? Most people think of words like 'prickly' and 'spiny,' but did you know that porcupines can be fluffy, too? True story! Zookeepers and ...

Milwaukee zoo celebrates new arrival as mother Quinn bonds with her porcupette. The healthy baby is already exploring and chewing branches. The zoo has a new star in its Small Mammals building—a ...

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An adorable baby porcupine was born at a Swiss zoo where he has been exploring his surroundings with caring family members. Wakili was born at Zoo Zurich lives in the Kopje Rocks section of the park's ...

CHICAGO -- The Brookfield Zoo announced Tuesday the birth of a baby porcupine. The baby prehensile-tailed porcupine, born July 2, is the first of its kind to be born at Brookfield Zoo. He does not yet ...