A new species of shrew, Soriculus dexingensis, is discovered in Tibet, raising the number of known shrew species there to six ...
“I will never forget that moment. I called out to the others. The little shrew looked like something we had only seen once ...
Australia has confirmed that its only native shrew, the Christmas Island shrew, is now extinct. The formal extinction statement was published via the IUCN Red List and backed by the authors of the ...
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...
This year, at least six animal and insect species moved to the Extinct category of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ...
The common shrew looks unremarkable, a few grams of fur and teeth scurrying under leaf litter. Yet this tiny mammal performs one of the strangest tricks in biology, shrinking its own brain and skull ...
(CNN) — Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured. Not a single Mount Lyell shrew ...
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 ...