An excellent small mammal arrived in DC on August 12 when a prehensile-tailed porcupette was born. The prickly critter, which will grow up to be a prehensile-tailed porcupine, does not yet have a name ...

Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among the branches. As it stepped from branch to branch, its long tail would wrap around a convenient trunk providing extra stability.

If it’s true that an animal’s superpower is related to its largest feature, then sweet Mocha could smell her favorite corn cob snack from across the rainforest. On a warm November afternoon at the ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new resident three weeks ago: a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine. The unnamed porcupette was born to mom Quinn and dad Seamus on March 27, the zoo announced Friday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Prehensile-tailed skinks and Aldabra tortoises. If you’re unfamiliar with those animals, get ready for a quick lesson. RELATED: The Jacksonville Zoo has been a city staple for 100 ...

Guardians of the Galaxy, eat your heart out: Here’s a real “Peter Quill.” The Smithsonian National Zoo said Wednesday that prehensile-tailed porcupines Beatrix and Quillbur had their second baby ...

The staff at Stone Zoo last week announced the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine, the first birth of this species at the zoo. The baby, born on Sept. 6, to Elvis, age 4, and Comica, age 10, can ...

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, ...

A newborn “porcupette,” or baby porcupine, is now on exhibit at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham just days after its birth and the cuteness level has officially “spiked.” The young prehensile-tailed ...

A well-known prehensile-tailed porcupine named Clark died March 7 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Clark had developed intermittent wheezing and a suspected upper-respiratory tract infection earlier ...