Bears notably reduce their mass over winter, using up their fat stores during hibernation. Yet a few mammals actively shrink their skeletons, skulls and brains by 20 per cent or more as cold ...

The masked shrew uses special abilities, such as reducing its body size, to stay warm and resilient during the cold winter.

An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...

It's not unusual for animals like bears to build their body mass in the lead-up to winter, stockpiling fat while dialing down their metabolism to endure the lean times ahead. With a life-expectancy of ...

Common shrews are one of only a handful of mammals known to flexibly shrink and regrow their brains. This rare seasonal cycle, known as Dehnel’s phenomenon, has puzzled scientists for decades. How can ...

Milestones in common shrew chromosomal research / Jan Zima and Jeremy B. Searle -- Introducing the common shrew / Nikolay A. Shchipanov, Jan Zima and Sara Churchfield -- Morphology and genetics of the ...

3D reconstruction of a summer brain (left) and a winter brain (right), of the same individual of common shrew (Sorex araneus), aquired with in vivo MRI These are for editorial purposes relating to ...

The western pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal found in Montana. They live in the northwest and northeast corners of the state. Measuring only about 2- to 4-inches long, including their tail, the tiny ...