Many hedgehogs are killed when crossing roads. Photo-SD/Shutterstock One of these projects – the “Danish Hedgehog Project” – involved more than 400 volunteers collecting 697 dead hedgehogs from all ...

Roadkill hedgehogs were examined As part of the project, which was based in Lund and neighbouring areas in Skåne, Sweden, Maria Hansson and her colleagues enlisted the help of the public, who were ...

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What can studying dead hedgehogs tell us about the state of the environment? Quite a lot, it turns out, as researchers in Sweden have uncovered “surprising” results from their efforts. Taking samples ...

Most people consider the hedgehog a welcome guest in the garden. But a newly published study reveals that the Danish hedgehogs carry a secret. The results have been published in PLOS ONE. The research ...

Hedgehogs are an unofficial and adorable mascot of the United Kingdom. The small spiny mammals can often be found in gardens, but the U.K.’s European hedgehog population is under threat from loss of ...

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A local council has been criticised after its workers painted a double yellow line over the body of a dead hedgehog. The new road markings had been painted on the streets in Hartlepool, County Durham, ...

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found in a new study when ...