KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s not every day you hear of an exotic pet escaping in East Tennessee, but the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency was recently brought in to help rescue a pet porcupine ...

One particularly spiky animal who is very fond of being petted has delighted the internet after a video was re-shared on Reddit on Tuesday. The clip of Charlie the prehensile tailed porcupine was ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - First it was coyotes. Now it’s porcupines. When the Eastern coyote began expanding its range into the Mountain State in the ’70s, West Virginians had to learn to live with a ...

Elmer the porcupine meets other animals on his enrichment walks through the San Antonio Zoo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s not every day you hear of an exotic pet escaping in East Tennessee, but the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency was recently brought in to help rescue a pet porcupine ...