Researchers have found hedgehog bodies are full of environmental pollutants, including some of the most hazardous to human ...

what would seem like the safest alternative ― specially-designed hedgehog food ― can often pose its own threats. The Wildlife Trust points out that unlike cat food (which actually suits ...

Wildlife experts are urging gardeners to cut holes in their fences this spring to help a much-loved (and much-endangered) ...

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate ...

The RSPCA is asking all gardeners to do one small job this spring to help out one of our favourite garden visitors ...

Native hedgehogs have declined dramatically over the years, but a hedgehog highway is an easy - and free - method which makes ...

A Woodland Trust spokesperson said: "It’s thought a lack of food may be a factor in the hedgehog’s decline as agricultural intensification and pesticide use have reduced invertebrate numbers.

Gardeners are encouraged to leave shed and summerhouse doors open overnight, allowing the animals to leave on their own when ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Once a common site in the British countryside and gardens, hedgehog numbers are now taking a 'nose dive'. The most recent data from the Mammals Trust UK ...

hedgehogs travel an average of one mile every night through our parks and gardens in search of food and a mate. Hedgehog highways are one of the ways they can be helped along the way. Fay Vass ...