Mindoro is home to a unique bounty of endemic mammalian wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. This includes the famous tamaraw, the Mindoro warty pig, and the humble Mindoro shrew. Now, three more spe ...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days …” So wrote James Russell Lowell, in his long poem “The Vision of Sir Launfal,” which I’m guessing you haven’t read in its ...

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that chronic exposure to artificial light at ...

The world is full of tiny wonders. This article showcases ten of the smallest animals. These creatures can fit in your palm. They include the Bee Humm ...

‘Barn owls like tussocky, rough grassland which supports good numbers of voles for hunting, whether in field margins or parts of fields. Ideally nest boxes are installed inside barns, but they can ...

Mindoro doesn't have just one endemic species of forest mouse, but four, bumping the total number of endemic mammals found on the island from nine to 12, a whopping 33% increase.

He walks into the library and quietly says, “It’s not a mouse!” I walk over to look at the trap in his hand. This creature is plump, way bigger than a field mouse, has thick chocolate-colored fur and ...

FORGET THE elephant shrew—meet the mammoth mouse. On March 4th Colossal Biosciences, a company trying to revive long-gone species, announced that they had genetically engineered a Mus musculus ...

The rare and elusive Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed for the first time in the 100 years since its discovery, thanks to a group of determined university students in California. The small ...

The Mt. Lyell shrew, a mouse-like mammal that lives in the central Sierra Nevada, has never been photographed in the 100 years since it was discovered. It took three industrious college students ...

But, declared Eadie, the shrew rarely behaves properly: in 56% of shrews’ nests he examined there was direct evidence that the occupants had been feeding largely on field mice.

From the Etruscan Shrew to the Pygmy Jerboa: Meet the world’s smallest mammals. By Sakshi Sah Published Jan 27, 2025. ... The African Pygmy mouse is a small, speedy creature. Photo Credit: Flickr.