The hedgehog is one of Europe’s most familiar and well-loved wild mammals. Many people encounter them in gardens, hear their snuffling at dusk, or glimpse their spiny shapes moving through the night.

Hedgehogs may be communicating with more than just snuffles, grunts and snorts, according to scientists who have discovered the animal's hearing range. The creatures hear sounds at a much higher ...

Hedgehog pals could have a whole way of communicating that human ears can't detect, scientists have found. We already know the round spiky mammals grunt and sniffle at each other, but research has ...