This little one was found curled up and sleeping in the balloon in a tree A hibernating dormouse was rescued after being found fast asleep in an old helium balloon caught in a tree. The tiny creature ...

The dormouse has become particularly rare due to the destruction of its habitats and is strictly protected under Annex IV of the European Habitats Directive. Until now, it was assumed that the hazel ...

A rare forest dormouse spotted at a Galilee factory was rescued, treated, and released back into the wild by KKL-JNF. An injured forest dormouse was rescued, treated, and released back into the wild ...

A dozing dormouse was found and rescued after being found fast asleep in an old helium balloon. The tiny creature was discovered by a Essex Wildlife Trust officer during a litter-picking campaign in a ...

RARELY seen rodents will be getting special help with plans for habitat restoration at farms in Herefordshire. The Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT) has launched its 2025 Christmas Appeal to help ...

Managing woodlands to a greater extent could help stop the decline of Britain's dormice, new research suggests. Dormouse numbers are falling in Britain - down by 72% in just over 20 years - and the ...

New research suggests that warmer winter conditions are affecting hibernation patterns in Hazel Dormouse, with emerging individuals being lighter in weight.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen finds 11.6 million year old evidence of the rodent at the Hammerschmiede clay pit Very few know ...

Today, only one species of the spiny dormouse survives, in southern India. However, the oldest spiny dormouse in evolutionary history, a member of the rodent family, was found in sediment dating back ...