Hedgehogs may be some of Britain’s most charming garden visitors, but spotting one these days feels increasingly rare. As ...

Discover the signs that a hedgehog lives in your garden and how to make your outdoor space a safe, welcoming haven for them.

We might not have exotic lions, jumping kangaroos or great elephants roaming wild around the UK, but that doesn’t mean Britain doesn’t have plenty of natural wildlife of its own. The humble hedgehog, ...

Abi Gazzard received funding from the People's Trust for Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. When large patches of woodland are swallowed by urban sprawl or when households ...

A simple handful of cat or dog kibble can help hungry baby hedgehogs safely survive through the harsh winter cold.

The light evenings of summer are a perfect time to look out for hedgehogs in UK gardens. This adapted extract from June’s Wild Wild Life newsletter explains what we know about this popular animal and ...

As autumn fades and nights grow longer, hedgehogs begin their frantic final weeks of feeding before winter hibernation. It’s ...

What was long suspected has now been confirmed by Danish and international researchers. The European hedgehog has now been categorised as “Near Threatened” on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species ...

The European hedgehog is in decline all over Europe. In Britain, the species is already deemed vulnerable to extinction having seen its population fall by at least 46% in the past 13 years to an ...

You can’t spot a hedgehog from space, but you might be able to find where they live by looking for brambles. That’s the premise behind ongoing research at the University of Cambridge, where scientists ...

In a new study, 300 volunteers collected data on almost 700 European hedgehogs across Denmark for research on their lifespan and inbreeding. DamianKuzdak via Getty Images A 16-year-old hedgehog named ...