Rico is an 8-year-old male Brazilian porcupine and resident of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio. He’s also a bit ...

Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among the branches. As it stepped from branch to branch, its long tail would wrap around a convenient trunk providing extra stability.

Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence offers a unique experience for guests to interact with their adorable porcupine named ...

On March 6, the Stone Zoo shared a video update on the fuzzy baby porcupine, and it's as cute as ever. Take a look! We first met the baby Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine in early March, and the zoo is ...

Many arboreal – that is, tree-dwelling – animals evolved prehensile tails that play the role of a fifth limb. You can find this kind of tail in New World monkeys, opossums, anteaters, pangolins, ...