State police in Saxony-Anhalt had called Sunday for the public to keep an eye out for the two Indian crested porcupines, called Pinky and Brain, after they were apparently stolen from an animal ...

Photo of a porcupine in the Tswalu Game Reserve in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa. The African crested porcupine is likely to be the species featured in the video. Pedro Ferreira do Amaral/Getty ...

Police said Tuesday that one of two porcupines that went missing from a zoo in central Germany over the weekend has somehow found its way back home. State police in Saxony-Anhalt had called Sunday ...

Crested porcupines live in pairs and stick together throughout their lifetime. They can live to their late teens and even into their 20’s, raising babies every year or so.

Aside from being the largest example of porcupine in the world, African Crested Porcupines are also one of the longest-lived rodents, and can live up to twenty-eight years.

Updated: Feb 21, 2024 / 04:47 PM CST WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Tanganyika Wildlife Park Director Mike Fouts brought in Quilliam, an African crested porcupine, to KSN’s Wild Side Wednesday afternoon.

PHOENIX — An Indian crested porcupine is recovering at the Phoenix Zoo after undergoing surgery to remove a rare cancerous mass, the zoo said in a press release Friday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - An elderly resident at the Oregon Zoo is revealing her lifelong secret to “looking sharp.” African crested porcupine, Nolina, stays fit by going on daily morning power ...

African crested porcupines are the largest porcupine species in the world and among the largest rodents in the world, according to the zoo. They can grow up to 2.5 feet in length and weigh more ...

Kumari, an 18-year-old Indian crested porcupine and one of the Phoenix Zoo's animal ambassadors, recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mass that was found in her mammary glands. She is ...

Two adult Old World porcupines at the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland. (Zoo Zurich, Enzo Franchini/Zenger) “Crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata) are often called pigs, but belong to the rodent family.