Happy Monday, Watchers! Now, I don't know if I previously thought of porcupines as cute, but Discord member Kehl convinced me ...

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, ...

Have you ever heard the sounds that porcupines make? We hadn’t, until we saw Kylie Vincent Briggs (@herpvt)’s video of two of them enjoying a late-night snack of apples. Their adorable little noises ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the early hours of May 17, Fort Worth Zoo in Texas welcomed its ...

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 ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Young porcupines are dispersing from their mothers this time of year, and with that, leaving behind the cutest name for a ...

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 ...

Lincoln Children's Zoo announced the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine. This is the first ever born at the zoo. The porcupette was born on Aug. 1 to mom, Nora, and dad, Renzo. A quill was sent ...

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 ...