Scientists discover hedgehogs hear ultrasound, opening the possibility of warning sounds that keep them away from roads.

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 ...

Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths ...

Scientists have found hedgehogs can hear higher pitched sounds than humans, cats and dogs, and hope the discovery could help protect them ...

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 ...

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

Researchers played a sountrack to hedgehogs to identify the frequency of sounds they can hear ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths caused by cars. The proposal is based on new findings, published in Biology Letters, ...

Meet the European hedgehog ( Erinaceus europaeus ), small nocturnal insectivores that turn into a spiny ball of death when they feel threatened. Unfortunately, the mammals are rapidly declining.

Road traffic accidents are thought to kill up to a third of hedgehogs in local populations. View on euronews ...

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 ...

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.