A woman takes photos with a sugar glider during the Wildlife Festival in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, July 11, 2025.

Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the Cincinnati Zoo for years, loves to eat, especially corn on the cob.

Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the Cincinnati Zoo for years, loves to eat, especially corn on the cob.

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating a special delivery! On May 17, a tiny porcupette — a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine — was born to mom and dad Piper and Quilliam, according to an Instagram ...

Many of these animals hail from South America, but what about porcupines? Do they have prehensile tails? The answer is yes! Porcupines use their tails to sometimes hang upside down if needed.

Milwaukee County Zoo celebrates the birth of a new prehensile-tailed porcupine, marking the fifth offspring for parents Quinn and Seamus.

An exceptionally rare fossilized porcupine skeleton discovered in Florida has allowed researchers to trace the evolutionary history for one of North America's rarest mammals.

STONEHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - The Stone Zoo is announcing one of its newest members – a little prehensile-tailed porcupette (baby porcupine). Prehensile-tailed porcupines are born with soft quills ...

Quinn the prehensile-tailed porcupine lives at Mandalay Farms, a private zoo and equestrian center in Jupiter Farms.

Mocha the prehensile-tailed porcupine at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo isn't even a year old yet. She arrived in late spring to serve as an animal ambassador. By going on trips around ...

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 ...

In Otter News: Paulo and Zoey the Prehensile Tail Porcupines Porcupines are nocturnal animals, but the Lake Superior Zoo provides the perfect opportunity to see them in action.