Twix the porcupine is a behind-the-scenes animal at the Lake Superior Zoo. He’s not currently on exhibit, instead living at the Animal Care Center. Twix is a Cape porcupine, the largest kind in the ...

If it’s true that an animal’s superpower is related to its largest feature, then sweet Mocha could smell her favorite corn cob snack from across the rainforest. On a warm November afternoon at the ...

Plants such as roses and devil’s club aren’t the only prickly ones — lots of mammals have gone in for defensive spines in a big way. There are the echidnas, four species endemic to Australia and New ...

RACINE — The zoo’s newest animals are very to the point. The Racine Zoo, 2131 N. Main St., has welcomed two African Cape porcupines — Bristle and Nettle — to its Vanishing Kingdom exhibit. The two ...

Instantly recognizable from the sharp, spiky quills covering their bodies, porcupines are among the largest rodents on earth. Present on every continent except Antarctica, there are 30 species of ...

The baby prehensile-tailed porcupine, weighing just 404 grams, was born on May 17 The Fort Worth Zoo in Texas is celebrating an adorable new addition to its family: a porcupette The prehensile-tailed ...

STATON WMUR NEWS NINE COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF. WELL, A RARE SIGHT IN HOLDERNESS THIS WEEK. CHECK THIS OUT. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS NOW BINO PORCUPINE WAS SPOTTED NEAR ROUTE THREE. THIS WAS ...