After months of hard work raising hoglets by themselves, autumn finds female hedgehogs in a rush to fatten up before hibernation. It's a busy time of year which brings them closer to roads and the risk of being squashed. ...
Ecology
Nov 16, 2020
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Scientists have understood for some time that proper embryonic development depends in large part on transcriptional repressors, proteins that prevent genes from being expressed at inappropriate times. Steven Vokes, associate ...
Biotechnology
Jan 30, 2020
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Most people consider the hedgehog a welcome guest in the garden. But a newly published study reveals that the Danish hedgehogs carry a secret. Through a research collaboration between Institute of Biology at University of ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2019
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As cultural successors, hedgehogs reside in close proximity to humans. Close contacts, however, can bear risks for animals and humans. Road traffic, lawn mowers and infectious agents threaten the prickly insect eaters. Some ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2019
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When the humble hedgehog was crowned "Britain's national species" in a BBC Wildlife Magazine poll and "Britain's favourite mammal" in a Royal Society of Biology poll, no doubt, sentimentalised memories of Beatrix Potter's ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2018
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The public have been urged to help solve the mystery of why one of Britain's best-loved animals, the hedgehog, is in decline.
Ecology
Oct 24, 2016
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A species that is 15 million years old, hedgehogs have survived all kinds of environmental changes over the years, including urbanisation. Surprisingly, cities have often been found to have higher hedgehog populations than ...
Ecology
Jul 4, 2016
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There's now more than just anecdotal evidence that England's hedgehog population is feeling the squeeze. In the past 55 years, there has been a moderate decline of up to 7.4 percent in the areas they frequent, says Anouschka ...
Ecology
May 12, 2016
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(AP)—Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.
Business
May 17, 2013
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A French-Italian team headed by researchers from CNRS and Inserm has discovered a new family of compounds that could make it possible to treat numerous cancers, particularly brain tumors and skin cancers. These substances, ...
Biochemistry
Feb 28, 2012
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