A sound too high for you to hear may one day help keep hedgehogs off the road. That possibility comes from a new study in Biology Letters reporting that European hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, with ...

Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths ...

But a new study by the University of Oxford has discovered that the much-loved mammal can hear high-frequency ultrasounds, ...

Scientists discover hedgehogs hear ultrasound, opening the possibility of warning sounds that keep them away from roads.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths caused by cars. The proposal is based on new findings, published in Biology Letters, ...

Despite the proven benefits of newborn hearing screening and early intervention, universal screening is not yet mandated in South Africa and is only available at a few public hospitals.Thousands of ...

Thousands of hedgehogs could be saved from being run over by cars if designers took advantage of their super-hearing, the University of Oxford has suggested. For the first time, researchers have ...

The proposal is based on their findings which show for the first time that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound.

Hedgehogs have super-hearing that could prevent them from being hit by cars – if manufacturers simply adapted their vehicle design – a new study has suggested. One in three hedgehogs are killed in ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths by cars. The proposal is based on ...