Massachusetts DPH warns of dead rabid raccoon with porcupine quills embedded in it: ‘Anyone who may have interacted with this ...

Wildlife experts are puzzled by the discovery of a dead racoon on Cape Cod with porcupine quills. “It was very odd,” said ...

A massive local volunteer operation recently rescued hundreds of dogs without homes from very cold and potentially deadly ...

With one look at the collection of quills on their backs, you’d think the porcupine and the hedgehog are related. However, while they’re both mammals, they have a lot of notable differences. A ...

The officials seized various illegal items, including porcupine quills, peacock feathers, and monitor lizard genitalia. These items are often sold on the black market due to the superstitious ...

The state Department of Public Health has confirmed that a raccoon embedded with porcupine quills found dead in Eastham on ...

They got veterinary care immediately, including one dog who had a can stuck on her head and another who needed more than 100 porcupine quills removed from his face. Coco’s Heart Animal Rescue ...

The porcupine is among the more than 50 mammal species who call Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore home. Although notorious for their spiky accessories, porcupines cannot shoot their quills.