Tag Archive for 'Hedgehog'

Hylomys dorsalis seen in the wild on Mount Murud, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. Image credit: Quentin Martinez, www.quentinmartinez.fr.

Five New Species of Soft-Furred Hedgehogs Discovered

Dec 27, 2023 by News Staff

Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History have performed a comprehensive taxonomic review of the soft-furred hedgehog...

Mesechinus orientalis in Xuancheng, Anhui, China. Image credit: Shi et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615.

New Species of Forest Hedgehog Discovered in China

Dec 5, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Scientists from Anhui Normal University and elsewhere have identified a new species of the hedgehog genus Mesechinus living the scrubland and subtropical...

This SEM image depicts a clump of yellow-colored, spheroid shaped Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that were enmeshed in a blue-colored, filamentous extracellular matrix, which normally binds cells together within the body’s various tissue types. Image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Appeared in Hedgehogs in Pre-Antibiotic Era, Study Shows

Jan 5, 2022 by News Staff

The discovery of antibiotics more than 80 years ago has led to considerable improvements in human and animal health. Although antibiotic resistance in...

Reconstruction of the early Eocene fauna that inhabited the rainforest around a northern British Colombia lake: Heptodon sp. drinks in the shallows, while the small hedgehog Silvacola acares stalks the green lacewing Pseudochrysopa harveyi in the foreground. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.

Prehistoric Hedgehog, Tapir Species Discovered in Canada

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of two previously unknown mammals that lived in what is now British Columbia in Canada during the early...

This is an artist's reconstruction of Deinogalerix koenigswaldi, the largest known Deinogalerix species. Image credit: © Roman Yevseyev / Other-worlds.ucoz.ru.

Deinogalerix masinii: New Giant Fossil Hedgehog from Italy

Nov 11, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of giant, spineless hedgehog that lived in what is today the Gargano peninsula of Italy during the late Miocene,...