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At first, the idea of using porcupine quills to patch up wounds sounds torturous. But, taking inspiration from the spiky rodent, researchers have begun to work on a new type of surgical staple that ...

Anyone unfortunate enough to encounter a porcupine's quills knows that once they go in, they are extremely difficult to remove. Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital now hope to exploit ...

KERRVILLE, Texas — A Kerrville animal rescue is asking for help after rescuing three injured dogs out of a “bad situation.” The three female dogs were rescued with numerous porcupine quills stuck in ...

Porcupines are famous for their pointy quills that can hurt their predators. In the wild, this spiky defense lets the porcupine stay safe, even amongst fearful predators like leopards. This video by ...

A police K-9 in Oregon was in pursuit of a suspect when a porcupine crossed the dog's path and pierced him with more than 200 quills, authorities said Monday. Odin, the K-9 officer, was on the trail ...

Scientists are now looking for inspiration in nature to further improve patients' healing process. The future might see doctors using porcupine quills as surgical staples. To stitch up a physical ...

Scientists reveal the existence of a new species of Colombian porcupine, Coendou vossi, that remained hidden for decades in ...

Husky Has a Run-In with Porcupine and Ends up Looking Like a Walking Pincushion originally appeared on Parade Pets. As much as we all love letting our pups run off-leash to get their ya-yas out, one ...

Dogs on the internet are seemingly always finding themselves in trouble one way or another. For Bentley the Boxer, however, his tussle with a porcupine left him with quills poking from the entirety of ...

A student in Hard Rock Medical experiences an average day involving retrieving stolen diamonds, extracting porcupine quills, ...

Sarma, an Amur tiger at a Canadian zoo, recently had more than 100 quills removed from her paws after a run-in with a wild porcupine. Because the tiger received immediate medical attention, she is ...