COAL VALLEY, Ill — The Niabi Zoo is celebrating the birth of their first African Cape porcupine bred at the zoo, according to a news release. The baby porcupine (porcupette) was born on Jan. 7 ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. — The Niabi Zoo is welcoming a prickly new addition to its collection of animals. On Monday, April 1, a Cape Porcupine named Milele gave birth to a new baby. Zoo officials don ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill — The Niabi Zoo is celebrating the birth of their first African Cape porcupine bred at the zoo, according to a news release. The baby porcupine (porcupette) was born on Jan. 7 ...

MONARTO, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (WNCT) — South Australia’s Monarto Safari Park has welcomed the arrival of a baby Cape porcupine named Louie. The two-month-old was born in late January to mom Rita ...

AW: A baby Cape porcupine was seen nibbling on vegetables and wandering around its den alongside its mom at the Whipsnade Zoo in England recently. On Thursday (9/28), the zoo announced the ...

who has been melting the hearts of staff and zoo-goers alike! The baby Cape porcupine was born in August and is now making its first appearances.

It is a second baby in six months for mother Kimya, who gave birth to Oti in August. Cape porcupine pregnancies last for 94 days and its young are known as porcupettes.

1) The Cape porcupine, scientifically known as the ‘Hystrix africaeaustralis’, grows up to 1 meter long and weighs between 10 to 24kg in weight. This species is the world’s largest porcupine ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. (KWQC) - The Niabi Zoo is celebrating the birth of an African Cape porcupine, the first one to be born at the zoo. The baby, named Porcupette, was born on Jan. 7, to the zoo’s ...