N ew research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene ...

“We can learn a lot from the shrews.” To prepare for the depths of winter when food is scarce, many animals slow down, sleep through the cold or migrate to warmer locales. Not the common shre ...

At first glance the common shrew is unremarkable. Between 5 and 8 centimetres long, it looks like a mouse with a pointed nose, or perhaps a miniature mole. If you saw it scurry through a field ...

A new study published Monday in Current Biology reports the skulls of Sorex araneus, the most common shrew species, shrink by up to 20 percent as the cold season approaches. Come spring ...

Even at sub-zero temperatures, common shrews do not need to increase their metabolism. Last year, about 30 common shrews from the area around Möggingen had an unusual adventure. Researchers at ...

Now, a new study heaps a little more shrew weirdness. As Bret Stetka at Scientific American reports, during the winter the skulls of the common shrew—Sorex araneus, which is found in ...

Common shrews shrink their heads — including their skulls — in winter, researchers have found. They believe that this dramatic example of downsizing may help the animals to survive when food ...

The Northern short-tailed shrew is a small, energetic mammal that ... in their saliva have evolved in very similar ways from a common ancestor, converging on parallel lethal structures independent ...

Common shrews have one of the highest metabolic rates among mammals. They must therefore consume a considerable amount of energy for their relatively low body weight. Because their fat reserves are ...