A tenderhearted animal lover spent an entire night tending to what she thought was a sick baby hedgehog — only to find out it was nothing more than a faux fur pom-pom. The elderly woman had ...

After cats, hedgehogs might be the internet’s favorite animal. But how much do you know about these spiky mammals other than ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

But I am not noticing much at this moment. My eyes fall on Noor. She is no longer a cute, chubby baby. She has grown into a skinny 7-year-old. Sadness blankets her face; on this day, she rarely ...

The pom-pom, initially thought to be a hoglet, is said to have come from a bobble hat A wildlife rescue that took in what was thought was a baby hedgehog found it was actually caring for a bobble ...

Eight orphaned hedgehogs have survived against the odds at a zoo in the Russian city of Vladivostok, after a kindly cat became their surrogate mum. Muska the cat adopted the spiky brood after ...

Withington Hedgehog Hospital in Manchester is currently caring for more than a hundred adult and baby hedgehogs. Barbara Roberts, who runs the hospital, said local populations had halved in a ...

The first is in April, when a hedgehog will vacate the house after coming out of hibernation. The house may then be used as a nest between May and September, when litters of hoglets are born. By ...

A wildlife rescue that took in what was thought was a baby hedgehog found it was actually caring for a bobble from a hat. It was brought to the Lower Moss Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital by a ...