Description: The Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec has an appearance very much like a hedgehog and hence its common name. However the tenrec is not closely related to the hedgehog - these are just two species ...

FRIDAY. THANK DALENCIA. TIME NOW TO CHECK IN WITH THE MARYLAND ZOO. AND JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING IS JENNY EAGAN WITH A TENREC THAT I’VE NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT BEFORE. WHAT IS THIS? YEAH, SO THIS ...

Heather Purdeu shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander Pierce who is a lesser hedgehog tenrec from Scovill Zoo Meet Pierce, the charming lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi) discovering his ...

SOUTH BEND — Potawatomi Zoo's lesser hedgehog tenrec Briar Rose gave birth this summer to five babies. The zoo announced the births on Friday. Tenrecs, or lesser hedgehogs, look similar to hedgehogs ...

Pierce the Lesser hedgehog tenrec from the Scovill Zoo visited the WAND news studio on Wednesday, August 13. Don't be fooled by the name a tenrec is not actually related to a hedgehog. Native to ...

Along with setting Alaska's hunting regulations, the state Board of Game also makes decisions about what animals Alaskans are allowed to keep as pets or livestock. Ferrets, alpacas and one-humped ...

Most people, children, in particular, hear ‘Madagascar’ and are reminded of an animated film released in 2005. This may be their only knowledge of what happens to be an incredible island that lies off ...

Tara M. Harrison, Pedro Dominguez, James G. Sikarskie, Dalen Agnew, Ingrid Bergin, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Barbara E. Kitchell, Elizabeth McNiel Journal of Zoo and ...

An unusual mammal in Madagascar has gobs of a special type of fat called brown fat packed around its sex organs, according to a new study. Brown fat produces heat, but unlike other mammals, these ...

The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Frank Vassen via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 At least 29 million years ago, a small, shrew-like ...

Humans may take baths with water, but there are plenty of animals out there that prefer using dirt to get themselves clean. It may seem counterintuitive, but dirt baths are an important hygiene ...