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, ...

The new addition is the third offspring born to parents Prickles and Shadow, two prehensile-tailed porcupines at the Stone Zoo in Massachusetts Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

*This adorable baby porcupine was born at a Swiss zoo where he has been exploring his surroundings with caring family members. Wakili, the cute porcupine, was born at Zoo Zurich in the Swiss city of ...

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The baby porcupine — also known as a porcupette — will be bottled-fed at the Brookfield Zoo until they are old enough for a solid food diet Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A baby animal throwing a tantrum and falling off a deck is always going to be adorable, but when the baby animal is a porcupine, things can get a little prickly. In this wholesome clip from the ...

Two parent porcupines have delighted the internet after footage was released of the prickly pair protecting their babies from a leopard. The video, which was recorded at Kruger National Park, South ...

An adorable baby porcupine was born at a Swiss zoo where he has been exploring his surroundings with caring family members. Wakili was born at Zoo Zurich lives in the Kopje Rocks section of the park's ...