The hedgehog is one of Europe’s most familiar and well-loved wild mammals. Many people encounter them in gardens, hear their snuffling at dusk, or glimpse their spiny shapes moving through the night.

Hedgehogs may be communicating with more than just snuffles, grunts and snorts, according to scientists who have discovered the animal's hearing range. The creatures hear sounds at a much higher ...

European hedgehogs are in trouble. In an increasingly urbanized world, these spiny mammals often get hit by fast-moving cars—a modern hazard they haven’t evolved to avoid. But a newly discovered ...