One in three hedgehogs is killed in road traffic incidents, as the population faces a grave decline, according to the ...

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.

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

The proposal is based on their findings which show for the first time that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound.

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.

Road traffic accidents are thought to kill up to a third of hedgehogs in local populations. View on euronews ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen with a hedgehog (Image: Joan Ostenfeldt) A study by Oxford University researchers has discovered that ...

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 ...

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

Hedgehogs have super-hearing that could prevent them from being hit by cars – if manufacturers simply adapted their vehicle design – a new study has suggested. One in three hedgehogs are killed in ...

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