Porcupines might seem out of place in the Garden State, but they do live in the forests of northwestern New Jersey, at the southeastern limit of their trans-continental range. And April, when they ...

Spiny animal with pinkish legs and nose sitting on a mossy tree branch, facing left.© Omar Daniel Leon Alvarado / Instituto Humboldt/CC-BY-4.0 You’d think that porcupines climbing trees would be ...

This photo shows the porcupine’s sharp quills, its famously orange teeth, and its large and powerful claws for climbing trees. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON It was the end of an exciting day of ...

A mitochondrial DNA difference of more than 3% confirms Coendou vossi as a distinct species. Read on to discover the estimated five percent of mammals still undiscovered and how shadow diversity ...