A pet tortoise named Daisy vanished in Decatur, sparking a frantic search. Read how a viral Facebook post and sharp-eyed neighbors brought her home.

An unlikely visitor indeed.

From glossy black bears and quill-covered porcupines to elegant red-tailed hawks and stripy chipmunks, Oregon is home to some ...

Everybody loves watching videos of adorable baby animals, but what makes this one from the Calgary Zoo recently shared is that the baby is being lovingly doted on not just by his mom but by his dad, ...

A dog owner has shown the reality of living in a rural area with lots of wildlife, as his dog got into an altercation with a porcupine. Reddit user r/bamhall lives on a ranch in rural Canada, and ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo announced on Saturday, Feb. 14, that a new Valentine has arrived for resident African Cape porcupine, Waffles, a dapper male named Thistle. Thistle is ...

Porcupettes are born with soft, flexible quills that harden within hours, protecting both mother and baby. Baby porcupines are precocial, able to walk almost immediately and begin climbing within days ...

For generations we’ve repeated animal “facts” that sound believable but simply aren’t true, from elephants fearing mice to bats being blind. Camels don’t store water in their humps, they store fat, ...

Something occurred to me recently that I’d never thought of before: porcupine birth. Yeah. Ouch, right? Covered head to tail in sharp quills—that’s gotta pose a serious problem in the delivery room.

The caribou herd that is at the center of the debate over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has declined by about a third over the past eight years, according to state biologists.

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Wildlife Center is welcoming one of its newest ambassador animals. Yucca, the North American porcupine, is 10 months old and was born in a species survival ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Porcupines are easy to recognize but hard to find—so elusive, in fact, that few ...