Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small hedgehog curls up into a tight ball, its spines creating a protective shield. This adorable defense mechanism allows it to ...

Hedgehogs curl into a tight ball using specialized muscles that hide their soft parts and present thousands of sharp spines outward. The spines cause immediate pain during an attack, discouraging ...

Quick Take Hedgehog populations across Europe have declined dramatically due to habitat loss, pesticides, roads, and changing land use, with rural areas often hit hardest. Gardens and suburban green ...

Three experts assess the mindset and morality of lethal control​ and human responsibilities toward nonhuman animals​, and in ...

Charleston plays hosts each year to the Southeastern Wildlife Expo at various downtown venues. In case you missed the first ...

A species of iguanodontian dinosaur has been revealed to have been covered in spines more like those of some mammals than ...

A 125-million-year-old fossil reveals a newly discovered dinosaur covered in unusual spikes scientists have never seen before.

From childhood, we grow up reading stories and watching films that portray wild animals as friendly and lovable characters.

Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation’s ...

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Marmots, including all the actors who have played Phil over the years, are the largest “true” hibernators: animals that enter a torpor that reduces their biological functions to a level closer to dead ...