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, ...

I really like getting emails from readers. And I also like it when I can help folks when they are believing things about fish and wildlife that isn’t true. Which brings me to today’s column that ...

The decline isn’t just in Northern California: Across the West, porcupines are vanishing. Wildlife scientists are racing to find where porcupines are still living, and why they’re disappearing. Others ...

In ‘Today I Learned,’ Dan Ponce shares fun facts about porcupines. Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up ...

"It was totally up to Hettie where she gave birth, and she decided to leave her cozy indoor dens and share the wonders of porcupine childbirth with our excited visitors," a London zookeeper said ...

This little snoot is very squishable. Rico is an 8-year-old male Brazilian porcupine and resident of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio. He’s also a bit of a social media star, appearing ...

Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley talk about porcupines: why (and how) they climb trees and why it can be a dangerous job. Plus, what to do when... Nov 24, 2016 — Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley talk ...

Your dog faces all kinds of hazards in the field, including porcupine quills, and it’s your responsibility to keep it safe. Sportsmen who take their hunting dogs into the woods in many parts of the ...