The team is looking for volunteer collaborators within the car industry who could spare the funds to finance a prototype ...

Road traffic accidents kill up to one in three hedgehogs in local populations. It’s not easy to deter hedgehogs from venturing on dangerous roads, but their hearing could be surprisingly useful. In a ...

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

Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars. Since road traffic kills large numbers of hedgehogs, scientists believe ...

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

Road traffic accidents are thought to kill up to a third of hedgehogs in local populations. View on euronews ...

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, ...

New research suggests that ultrasound devices may help reduce the incidents of hedgehog deaths by cars and robot lawnmowers – and might even help us learn more about how they communicate with each ...

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