Sound-based deterrents could help keep the animals away from fast-moving cars and dangerous landscaping equipment ...
The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) has a natural defense that has served it well for millennia: it rolls into a ...
Scientists found hedgehogs hear ultrasound, raising hopes for repellents to reduce road deaths. Researchers at the University of Oxford suggest that ultrasonic repellers could help lower the number of ...
Researchers played a sountrack to hedgehogs to identify the frequency of sounds they can hear ...
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 ...
Hedgehog numbers are falling all over Europe. But new research shows there’s a ray of hope for this ancient beast ...
Road traffic accidents are thought to kill up to a third of hedgehogs in local populations. View on euronews ...
Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars.
The proposal is based on their findings which show for the first time that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound.
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 ...