Conservationists in Northern Ireland are trying out some new tech and a sniffer dog to help protect hedgehogs.

A giant mural of a hedgehog has appeared at the side Stratford Park Leisure Centre on the far right as you enter the main ...

A cavalcade of creature couriers help His Majesty King Charles III congratulate Sir David Attenborough on his 100th Birthday ...

The first analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Madras hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris), also known as the bare-bellied hedgehog, has helped shed some more valuable insight into the ...

March and early April in Ireland is when hedgehogs stir from hibernation. A growing fear among conservationists here is that fewer are coming out each passing year. Numbers are hazy. “They’re probably ...

Wild, native hedgehog foraging on a fallen log in Autumn with colourful orange and yellow leaves© Anne Coatesy/iStock via Getty Images The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) has a natural defense ...

A French woman created a hedgehog rescue centre at her home near Paris, where she has treated more than a 1,000 hedgehogs in eight years. It started in 2018 when Sara Stahl and her husband found two ...

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 ...

Hedgehogs have super-hearing that could prevent them from being hit by cars – if manufacturers adapt their vehicle designs – a new study has suggested. One in three hedgehogs is killed in road traffic ...

Despite their prickly exterior, European hedgehogs are extremely vulnerable. Populations have plummeted by 30 per cent over the last decade, leading to them being declared “near threatened” on the ...