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A purpose-built hedgehog rescue centre costing £290,000 is nearing completion, bosses say. Hedgehogs rescued by the Prickles ...

If you’re worried about hackers breaking into your iPhone, you might want to enlist the help of woodland creatures. A new video shows a hedgehog called Sashimi giving its owner a helping hand (albeit ...

Hedgehogs are classified as "vulnerable to extinction" in the UK A rescue charity has celebrated the release of more than 100 hedgehogs back into the wild at a Royal Air Force airbase in Cornwall. RAF ...

This is how far we’ve come with technology: We can now get hedgehogs to unlock our smartphones for us. But how? Let an Instagram user show you the way. Check out this video posted on the account ...

YAMAGUCHI, Japan, Dec. 6 (UPI) --A Japanese pet owner discovered an unusual feature of her iPhone's Touch ID -- it can be unlocked using her hedgehog's paw print. A video posted to Twitter by user @ha ...

Hedgehog populations in the UK are believed to be in decline, a study using ink to trace their paw prints has revealed. Experts and volunteers set up tunnels lined with sausages and hedgehogs had to ...

A hedgehog rescue centre in Cornwall is urging people to be careful when using gardening tools as it is seeing an increase in the number of injured animals being brought to them. Prickles and Paws, ...

They are among our most popular garden visitors – yet the hedgehog population is estimated to have halved in less than 20 years. Climate change has brought about long, hot summers, which can pose a ...