Nature is weird, if you haven't noticed. Waxwing birds get drunk on fermented fruit, there are sharks that lay eggs which look like corkscrews, and Brazil has a tree so huge it looks like a lush, ...

Road traffic accidents kill up to one in three hedgehogs in local populations. It’s not easy to deter hedgehogs from venturing on dangerous roads, but their hearing could be surprisingly useful. In a ...

A sound too high for you to hear may one day help keep hedgehogs off the road. That possibility comes from a new study in Biology Letters reporting that European hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, with ...

The team is looking for volunteer collaborators within the car industry who could spare the funds to finance a prototype ...

Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars. Since road traffic kills large numbers of hedgehogs, scientists believe ...

Most people notice when their dog behaves strangely. Few would imagine that such behavior might point to cancer.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths by cars.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have discovered hedgehogs possess remarkable hearing abilities extending into the ultrasonic range, detecting frequencies as high as 85 kHz—well beyond what ...

The proposal is based on their findings which show for the first time that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound.

An Oxford University has revealed that hedgehogs can hear at frequencies way beyond the range of people - and it might just ...

Millions of hedgehogs die as they cross the roads, but a discovery is paving the way for a warning that might stop them crossing at dangerous times.

Road traffic accidents are thought to kill up to a third of hedgehogs in local populations, one study found. This number ...