Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among the branches. As it stepped from branch to branch, its long tail would wrap around a convenient trunk providing extra stability.

There is a prickle of excitement at the Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Keepers discovered Beatrix, a 2-year-old prehensile-tailed porcupine, gave birth to a porcupette, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Smithsonian's National Zoo has welcomed a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine: a porcupette, and now it's asking for your help to pick a name. The baby was born to Beatrix, the zoo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new resident three weeks ago: a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine. The unnamed porcupette was ...

If it’s true that an animal’s superpower is related to its largest feature, then sweet Mocha could smell her favorite corn cob snack from across the rainforest. On a warm November afternoon at the ...

LANSING, MI – A new lady has moved into Potter Park Zoo in Lansing. Zoo staff announced Thursday the arrival of the park’s newest resident – a female prehensile-tailed porcupine named Sophie, who ...

A newborn “porcupette,” or baby porcupine, is now on exhibit at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham just days after its birth and the cuteness level has officially “spiked.” The young prehensile-tailed ...

The staff at Stone Zoo last week announced the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine, the first birth of this species at the zoo. The baby, born on Sept. 6, to Elvis, age 4, and Comica, age 10, can ...

Small Mammal House keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine Oct 19. The porcupette is the fourth offspring for 11-year-old mother Bess and 8-year-old ...

Here’s what a prehensile-tailed porcupine looks like at the National Zoo. (Courtesy National Zoo/Roshan Patel) The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C. welcomed a new prickly addition to its Small ...