Thankfully, the hedgehog — who has since lovingly been named “Balloon” — is now in recovery after being “popped” three times with a hypodermic needle and syringe at the rescue center.

By swabbing the skin, feet and nasal areas of nearly 300 hedgehogs, a joint international study shows how one strain of MRSA, or a bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...

When researchers examined hundreds of dead hedgehogs from Denmark and other countries in Western Europe, they found MRSA, or methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, living on the skin of the ...

A hedgehog fungal skin infection, Trichophyton erinacei, produces two types of β-lactam antibiotics: Penicillin G and KPN. But the hedgehog’s mecC and blaZ genes neutralize these antibiotics, ...

A recent study, published in the journal Nature, suggests that at least one strain of S. aureus evolved genes for methicillin resistance at least 200 years ago on the skin of wild hedgehogs. MORE ...

A type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria was on the skin of hedgehogs long before humans started using the antibiotics that scientists thought created these superbugs.

It all started with a Google search. Amanda Munz, 23, of Lindenhurst, LI, was Googling “weird animals” with her little brother, when she came upon the humble hedgehog. Enthralled by their tiny ...