Watch a tenrec take a dust bath in a tiny tub and find out how this unusual hygiene habit helps with grooming, scenting, and ...

Kendal College has been given a special award for its efforts to be a hedgehog-friendly campus. The college was awarded a gold accreditation for Hedgehog Friendly Campus as part of a national scheme ...

Kendal College has been given a special award for its efforts to be a hedgehog-friendly campus. The college was awarded a ...

Hedgehogs are one of the odd-looking mammals out there, with their pointed noses and spiky spines covering their body.

Hawkins Preserve, just 3 miles southwest of downtown Cortez, attracts a slew of outdoor enthusiasts: hikers, trail runners, ...

Paleontologists at the University of Kansas have identified a new species of ancient mammal that lived about 60 million years ...

The scientists discovered a new species of ancient near-marsupials, or Swaindelphys, while analyzing fossils from Texas’ Big ...

They say everything's bigger in Texas. And that appears to be true, at least in the case of a group of ancient ...

Hedgehogs are small, spiky mammals covered in hundreds of sharp spines made of stiff keratin. That said, they are not to be confused with a porcupine or echidna, which are different species. Hedgehogs ...

PCB levels were found to be higher in juvenile hedgehogs than in adults, a trend previously observed in other species, including bears, porpoises, and seals.

The bare-bellied hedgehog, or the Madras hedgehog, is listed as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of threatened species, despite the fact that their population is largely unknown.