While the tiny pets are cute, don't expect to go on walks together. The popularity of keeping hedgehogs as pets has increased, in part, due to websites on the Internet devoted to cute animals. Chris ...

Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and even rats have long dominated the market as preferred picks for pint-sized pets. But there's another miniature mammal that's starting to gain popularity in the pet ...

If you have you ever stopped your Instagram scroll to admire a particularly cute, pointy, and quill-crowned face, you may have also considered the possibility of getting a pet hedgehog yourself.

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

Hedgehogs are no longer new to the domestic pet trade, but there are still several persistent misconceptions about their care and temperament. Common misconceptions surround their bodies, breeds, ...

GARDNER, Massachusetts (AP) - They are tiny animals with cute faces. They're covered in quills. They roll into prickly balls when they are scared. The ideal pet? Hedgehogs are steadily growing in ...

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 ...

Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick. An elderly Spokane man is the first fatality from a flurry of recent salmonella cases nationwide linked to pet hedgehogs. In ...