Sept. 17 (UPI) --San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced its veterinarians have performed the first-ever cesarean section birth for a North American porcupine. The wildlife alliance said Maizey, a ...

A baby North American porcupine was born at a Utah zoo, officials announced. Getty Images/iStockphoto A baby porcupine is “growing like a weed” at a zoo in Utah, officials said. The “bundle of quills” ...

Instantly recognizable from the sharp, spiky quills covering their bodies, porcupines are among the largest rodents on earth. The vast majority of porcupine species are strict herbivores, but there ...

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 ...