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.

Porcupines are nocturnal animals, but the Lake Superior Zoo provides the perfect opportunity to see them in action. The red light that floods the space mimics the night and allows us to see them into ...

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 ...

Arboreal animals have evolved to thrive in treetop environments. Discover these 10 of them who live their lives on trees.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Children’s Zoo is celebrating the birth of a prehensile-tailed porcupine. The baby porcupine, referred to as a porcupette, was born on Aug. 1 to mom, Nora, and dad, ...

People Can't Believe Adorable Fluffball is Actually a California Zoo's Baby Porcupine originally appeared on PetHelpful. When you think of a porcupine, what adjectives come to mind? Most people think ...

Tails might look like nature’s afterthought but for many animals, they’re multitasking power tools. Whether it’s balancing, fighting, flirting, or escaping predators, tails do way more than just wag.

If you love the work of Kelly Link, you owe it to yourself to check out “Six From Downtown,” a collection of six vignettes about despair and alienation by Philippine writer Dean Francis Alfar. Plus, a ...

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 ...