Business updates
The Hedgehog Program is field researching!
As of tonight, The Hedgehog Program will be doing field research in the village of Pesse in The Netherlands. This means that the website will be online and the courses...
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Science news
Sonic Hedgehog Gene
These days you will find that every second hedgehog is called Sonic. Mostly people naming their hedgehogs Sonic, in reference to the movie Sonic the Hedgehog. But where does it...
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Hedgehogs
Diabetes mellitis and captive hedgehogs
Diabetes is quite common in hedgehogs, although it is a diagnosis that is often overlooked. A clear indication is when a hedgehog drinks a lot, but there are more signals....
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Tenrecs
The sound of quills!
Weird, wonderfull and true! The Lowland-Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is the only mammal with sounding quills. They are one of Madagascar’s fascinating animals that inhabits the islands tropical lowland forest...
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News from the community
Biology 101 series
Biology 101: Coprophagia and geophagia
When you work with animals, you know that a varying diet can be hard to maintain. A lot of animals eat plants, fungi, other animals and also insects. In captivity,...
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