The story behind the hedgehog’s name is so simple, it’s brilliant. These little critters generally inhabit hedges, shrubs, brush, and the like. And when they root around for food, they tend to make ...

For the weekend: what do the Big Bang, the enslavement of the human race and toilet paper rolls have in common? Hedgehogs. Yes, hedgehogs. Don’t ask, just watch; Ze Frank is about to hit you with some ...

When I was in elementary school, one of my teachers had a classroom pet hedgehog named Eighth Note. She let me take him home over Winter break one year, and I think I actually fell in love. Of course ...

Trivia time! How much do you know about gaming’s speedy little hedgehog? Perhaps you already know, for example, that his shoes are partially based on Michael Jackson’s boots in the song Bad, and you ...

Although Nintendo dominated the video game scene in the late 1980s, a new challenger appeared in 1991. The story of how SEGA entered the console race and turned it into a war is told in Blake J.

The science of ichnology, data-driven pet-care, and a bit of back-of-the-envelope calculations leads me to believe my little hedgehog is a world-class champion marathoner. Top image: Wilde Thing ...