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't know the gender of ...

As a Rosamond Gifford Zoo's ambassador, she attended hundreds of class programs, baby showers, birthday parties and weddings.

staff were on hand offering interactive experiences with a variety of zoo denizens such as a voracious African Cape porcupine named "Pixie Stick" along with a soulful donkey who was rescued from ...

Elmer the porcupine meets other animals on his enrichment walks through the San Antonio Zoo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Adorable footage shows a beloved porcupine at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas giving the camera a “hug” recently. The footage, released by the zoo on Monday, March 24, shows Quilliam, one of the zoo’s ...