The count will begin from Monday next week for a period of one week Hedgehog Conservation Ireland and researchers at University of Galway and Oxford are calling on people to take part in the inaugural ...

Many people love the idea of hedgehogs popping into their gardens and, as it turns out, a particular item can tempt them to return time and again. You might not realise it, but certain things attract ...

The hedgehog, which later died, was brought into the charity by two boys and their mother Three schoolgirls have attacked a hedgehog in a play park, throwing it down a slide and up in the air, an ...

Western European hedgehogs have been declared as a Near Threatened species across the continent Hedgehog "backpacks" and a specially trained detection dog could be the key to protecting the tiny ...

A new project using GPS to track hedgehogs in Northern Ireland has been launched, with the aim of protecting the species. Hedgehogs are becoming an increasingly rare sight in Northern Ireland, and are ...

European hedgehogs are in trouble. In an increasingly urbanized world, these spiny mammals often get hit by fast-moving cars—a modern hazard they haven’t evolved to avoid. But a newly discovered ...

Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars. Since road traffic kills large numbers of hedgehogs, scientists believe ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths caused by cars. The proposal is based on new findings, published in Biology Letters, ...

Part of an illustration by an unknown artist from around 1250 showing a hedgehog stealing fruit. Getty Open Content., FAL Hedgehogs have been part of human culture for thousands of years. Across ...

Hedgehogs have been part of human culture for thousands of years. Across different societies, they've been symbols of fertility, protection and healing, as well as fear, superstition and suspicion.

Sharon and Andy Longhurst’s kitchen opens onto what they call “the ICU”: a garage filled with heated incubators, microscopes and 12 hedgehogs fighting for their lives. “Never in a million years did we ...

ANBSACH, Germany — Who doesn’t get excited when a hedgehog runs around in their garden making funny little noises? Especially when winter comes, many people want to help hedgehogs and take them inside ...