These simple household ingredients could make a real difference to the UK's dwindling hedgehog population. These 6 safe ...

Road traffic accidents kill up to one in three hedgehogs in local populations. It’s not easy to deter hedgehogs from venturing on dangerous roads, but their hearing could be surprisingly useful. In a ...

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, ...

Scientists found hedgehogs hear ultrasound, raising hopes for repellents to reduce road deaths. Researchers at the University of Oxford suggest that ultrasonic repellers could help lower the number of ...

Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths Hedgehogs have been discovered to hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising hopes that they could ...

Urban green spaces attract many species of wildlife but also contain a range of unsustainable synthetic materials and chemicals. Because hedgehogs travel long distances -- in and out of parks and ...

The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) has a natural defense that has served it well for millennia: it rolls into a ...

As the weather warms across Britain, hedgehogs are beginning to emerge from their winter hibernation, prompting wildlife experts to issue a warning to the public: observe these spiky creatures from a ...

Sound-based deterrents could help keep the animals away from fast-moving cars and dangerous landscaping equipment ...