A sound too high for you to hear may one day help keep hedgehogs off the road. That possibility comes from a new study in Biology Letters reporting that European hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, with ...

Scientists discover hedgehogs hear ultrasound, opening the possibility of warning sounds that keep them away from roads.

The Bank of England will put animals on its next banknotes instead of divisive historical figures, with the hedgehog emerging ...

Researchers played a sountrack to hedgehogs to identify the frequency of sounds they can hear ...

The team is looking for volunteer collaborators within the car industry who could spare the funds to finance a prototype repellant device.

Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths ...

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 ...

Meet the European hedgehog ( Erinaceus europaeus ), small nocturnal insectivores that turn into a spiny ball of death when they feel threatened. Unfortunately, the mammals are rapidly declining.

Millions of hedgehogs die as they cross the roads, but a discovery is paving the way for a warning that might stop them crossing at dangerous times.

Thousands of hedgehogs could be saved from being run over by cars if designers took advantage of their super-hearing, the University of Oxford has suggested. For the first time, researchers have ...

But a new study by the University of Oxford has discovered that the much-loved mammal can hear high-frequency ultrasounds, ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths by cars.