The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has updated the conservation status of the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) to "Near Threatened," reflecting a sharp decline in ...

Over the past 10 years, Lund Rasmussen and Gazzard have found evidence of decline in hedgehog populations of more than 30 percent in multiple European countries, including Norway, Sweden, Germany ...

The European hedgehog holds a special place in public affection. In 2013, it was voted as the UK's most emblematic mammal in a poll conducted by the BBC, and in 2016 it topped a similar poll ...

The European hedgehog – a valued and charming visitor to our gardens – is now officially in decline all over Europe. In one of today’s updates of the Red List for Europe, the International Union for ...

The European hedgehog, expert Sophie Rasmussen told AFP, “is very close to being ‘vulnerable,’ and it will likely go into that category the next time we evaluate it. ...

Without action the European Hedgehog population will continue to fall. So the Mammal Society is asking the public to help. “Everyone can take simple steps to make an impact in reversing the ...

The European hedgehog “is very close to being ‘vulnerable,’ and it will likely go into that category the next time we evaluate it,” expert Sophie Rasmussen said. Numbers of the tiny mammal have ...

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The status of the western European hedgehog has been downgraded to “near threatened” in the latest edition of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

The Western European hedgehog -- the prickly, nocturnal critter people love to encounter in the garden -- is in decline, mowed down by cars as its shrinking habitat forces it ...