Porcupines might be considered a prickly bunch, but you’ll find they're pretty docile once you get to know them.

At this time of the year the females are preparing to give birth in dens made in tree hollows and rocky crevices.

Two sharply dressed young men have taken up residence at the Vilas Zoo. Cape porcupines Hami and Nugget have made their debut ...

Porcupines are well known for their spiky coat of over 300,000 quills, which serve as a natural defense mechanism. Despite common myths, porcupines cannot shoot their quills, but they will slap ...

They may be short and cute, but African porcupines can strike fear into the most ferocious of predators. Porcupines, a member of the rodent family, have small eyes and a large nose similar to ...