Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery. Jeff Gage/Florida Museum, CC BY-ND ...

There is a prickle of excitement at the Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Keepers discovered Beatrix, a 2-year-old prehensile-tailed porcupine, gave birth to a porcupette, ...

Polls have closed for the 2026 D.C. Primary elections. 7News has your live election results by ABC7 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Smithsonian's National Zoo has welcomed a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine: a ...

People Can't Believe Adorable Fluffball is Actually a California Zoo's Baby Porcupine originally appeared on PetHelpful. When you think of a porcupine, what adjectives come to mind? Most people think ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. — A baby porcupine is the first of its species to be born at Brookfield Zoo. The zoo in Chicago’s western suburbs says the male baby porcupine, known as a porcupette, was born July 2.

A rare, nearly complete fossil of an extinct North American porcupine helped me and my colleagues solve a decades-long debate about how the modern North American porcupine evolved from its ancestors.

Small Mammal House keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine Oct 19. The porcupette is the fourth offspring for 11-year-old mother Bess and 8-year-old ...

Here’s what a prehensile-tailed porcupine looks like at the National Zoo. (Courtesy National Zoo/Roshan Patel) The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. welcomed a new prickly addition to its Small ...

A porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery. Jeff Gage/Florida Museum, CC BY-ND A rare, nearly complete fossil of an extinct North American porcupine ...