This week on The Children’s Hour we learn about porcupines from the leading researchers in New Mexico, kids in the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Project.

Find out about these elusive giant rodents, and learn how to spot them in trees.

Mixed with great music celebrating porcupines.

Playlist: Porcupines

titleartistalbumlabelduration
PorcupineLeslie BixlerPorcupine 2008 Leslie Bixler04:43
Pokey the PorcupineBryant OdenThe Songdrops Collection, Vol. 2 2011 Songdrops Music01:57
PorcupineSeth HoffmanSingle2017 Seth Hoffman00:59
Lake VictoriaPodington BearCurious 2014 HUSH00:57
PorcupineVickie von EpsAnimal Alphabet Songs 1998 Perfect Score00:52
Porcupine CoatThink TreeLike The Idea1991 Caroline Records03:50
PorcupineArtichoke26 Animals 2009 greeen01:51
RodentsLouis and Dan and the Invisible BandLouis and Dan and the Invisible Band 2019 Daniel Groll and Louis Epstein03:38
Difference in a DayKetsaRefraction 2017 Ketsa01:08
How Do We Know?The Pop UpsGiants of Science 2018 Pop Up City Records01:55
I Am a ScientistMates of StateScience Fair 2012 Spare the Rock Records LLC02:29
Don't Pick On a PorcupineThe Dreamtree ShakersDream and You Will See 2009 The Dreamtree Shakers02:09
Always HomeDuke OtherwiseKith & Kin 2019 Duke Otherwise02:33
Hope MachineThe Okee Dokee BrothersSongs for Singin' 2020 Okee Dokee Music LLC02:47
HappinessYanizaSecrets 2016 Yaniza01:37