Zoonomia Project includes several hedgehogs and tenrecs
The Zoonomia Project is the latest buzz in the science world, and a very fascinating and important research project as well. Not only for animals but for humans as well....
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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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Hedgehog, viper and rabbit are the victims of decreasing quality of nature
Despite efforts to increase the quality of nature in The Netherlands, the WNF (World Nature Foundation, the Dutch branch of the WWF) has published a report claiming that the quality...
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Do animals have conciousness?
For years, scientists and animal rights enthusiasts alike have been fascinated by the potential capacity of animals to process the world through conscious perception. Interestingly though, it isn’t zoologists or...
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Two new species of ‘hairy hedgehogs’ discovered in the Philippines
Photo: Podogymnura intermedia (FMNH 186805, holotype), adult male. Photographed 28 July 2005 by D. S. Balete. The first two months of 2023 aren't even over yet and there's such exciting...
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Hedgehog spines could protect athletes from concussions
Taking inspiration from nature to achieve innovative solutions to human problems -a practice also known as biomimicry- has all manner of applications in medical science and engineering… But did you...
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16 year old hedgehog found in Denmark
'Thorvald' is the name of the oldest found hedgehog in the world. Researchers of the Danish Hedgehog Project researched over 700 hedgehogs in a bid to research European hedgehogs. Under...
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Research suggests social mammals live longer
In the research called 'Correlated evolution of social organization and lifespan in mammals', researchers suggest that mammals that are naturally social and live in groups, might live longer than solitary...
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