40 species. 430 animals. And, that's just in the past year of Nashville Zoo's breeding program. In this story, we talk with zoo Vice President David Oehler about the ...

At age 3, my grandson Nicholas asked me, "Grandpa, how do you pick up a porcupine?" Oh my, I thought at the time, I wonder why he wants to know. The reasons not to pick up a porcupine clearly outweigh ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill — The Niabi Zoo is celebrating the birth of their first African Cape porcupine bred at the zoo, according to a news release. The baby porcupine (porcupette) was born on Jan. 7 to ...

Barb, born in February to parents Needles and Spike, is strutting her stuff in her new habitat along the zoo’s discovery trail. She is the first offspring of the prickly pair. As a newborn, Barb’s ...