3. Porcupines cannot throw their quills. When a porcupine feels threatened, it tenses up and attacks predators with a swat of its quill-covered tail. Some quills may become embedded into the ...

For that reason, it’s still best to admire the prickly friends from a distance. Porcupines also shed quills and, similar to humans shedding hair, the quills grow back. Traditionally, porcupine ...

With one look at the collection of quills on their backs, you’d think the porcupine and the hedgehog are related. However, ...

come here porcupine!" Then, not one but two crested porcupine emerged. The most striking thing wasn't the long black and white quills on their lumbering bodies - which at 30kg each were bigger ...

A dead raccoon with porcupine quills embedded in it has tested positive for rabies, according to Department of Public Health officials who are urging residents to seek medical care if they handled ...

The Cape Cod and South East Massachusetts Rabies Task Force is seeking information about how the raccoon ended up on the side of Smith Lane in Eastham NBC Universal, Inc. Wildlife experts are ...

The dog got herself into a prickly situation. A man found her with 50 porcupine quills stuck in her face. "This sweet girl emerged from the woods, clearly in distress," the SPCA said on social media.