Here are a few points (or should that be spines?) you might not know about the humble hedgehog. Back in the Middle Ages, hedgehogs were seen as harbingers of doom: spotting a hedgehog meant bad ...

Hedgehog spines, made of keratin, act as a defense mechanism. When threatened, hedgehogs roll into a tight ball, displaying their spines to deter predators. This behavior, called “quilling ...

Here are a few lessons the hedgehog might teach us today: • Instead of drilling and polluting our planet like foxes on the ...

Its broken and bleached spines were treated and it has now been placed in a "hedgehog-friendly" garden. Bethan Hewis, of Brinsley Animal Rescue, is "almost certain" it was done deliberately.

“This is one of the few animal species that you can actually get really close to,” says Sophie Lund Rasmussen (aka Dr Hedgehog). “Their strategy when faced with danger, or a human staring at ...

A bald hedgehog is having daily massages at a wildlife rescue centre in a bid to regrow his spines. Nicknamed Bear, the hedgehog was found in a garden in Madeley in Telford, Shropshire.

"Strimmers and mowers can cause catastrophic injuries, and a hedgehogs' protective spines are no match for garden equipment." ...