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A tiny dormouse, sleepily curled in a ball, can fit in the palm of someone’s hand. But two million years ago, dormice existed which were as big as a cat. Incredibly, scientists have described a giant ...

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Amid the general rejoicing over the first signs of spring, spare a thought for the humble dormouse, which is about to embark on the most dangerous period of its life. This is the surprising finding of ...

A video of an adorable snoring dormouse, deep in hibernation, has gone viral this week. English dormice sleep from October to April, and animals as diverse as squirrels, lemurs, and bears all ...

A nature lover has captured a dormouse snoring loudly on film - and it's the most adorable thing ever. The tiny mammal was filmed by Dave Williams, a member of the Surrey Dormouse Group (SDG), as it ...

The image of a rare dormouse has won the fourth annual BBC Wildlife Camera-Trap Photo of the Year award. Photographed in Turkey, the Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) is listed as ...

A researcher has digitally pieced together fossilized fragments from five giant dormouse skulls to reconstruct the first known complete skull of the species, which was roughly the size of a cat. A PhD ...

Dormice need a tangle of woodland understory to move around and feed The 1,000th captive-bred hazel dormouse has been released into the wild in a UK-wide reintroduction scheme for these threatened ...

Swiss environmental organisation Pro Natura has named the garden dormouse“Animal of the Year”, in a bid to draw attention to the country's wild forests and diverse landscapes. This content was ...

The 1,000th captive-bred hazel dormouse has been released into the wild in a UK-wide reintroduction scheme for these threatened mammals. Big-eyed and famously sleepy, the dormouse is a woodland and ...