Porcupines are not pigs, of course. They're just big rodents whose stout bodies and blunt, rounded heads look vaguely piglike. They fall into two main families: Old World porcupines (Hystricidae ...

A baby animal throwing a tantrum and falling off a deck is always going to be adorable, but when the baby animal is a ...

but porcupines can’t actually eject them. Old World porcupines in the family Hystricidae live in southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. New World porcupines in the family Erethizontidae are ...

The Old World porcupines (about 11 species in the taxonomic family Hystricidae) tend to live in open areas and don’t climb much. New World porcupines (about 18 species in the family ...