A second-year veterinary student examines a hedgehog while learning about care and handling techniques for companion animals at the University of Illinois Veterinary Medicine South Clinic in Urbana. A ...

Beware the hedgehog, for it may give you salmonella. Pet hedgehogs have sickened two Minnesotans and nine others nationwide in an outbreak reported last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Hedgehogs have gained popularity as pets in recent decades. Before you add one to your family, Dr. Krista Keller, a veterinarian at the UI Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, recommends learning ...

Hedgehogs are crazy cute. And it's not everyone who can say that his roommate is an African pygmy hedgehog. "They're just cool," says veterinarian Scott Weldy of Serrano Animal and Bird Hospital in ...

If I’m having a rough day, one way to instantly put myself in a better mood is to type “hedgehogs taking baths” into Google. Videos and images of the small, prickly animals bobbing around in the water ...

Hedgehog pet owners are being urged not to snuggle with or kiss their pets amid the ongoing multistate salmonella outbreak. So far, 17 individuals have been infected with salmonella from their pet ...