Although Eurasian shrews exhibit variations of this behavior, the masked shrew may be the only North American species to engage in it. Young born in the spring often breed later in the same year. The ...

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 ...

It's not a census in which a Eurasian pygmy shrew—of which there are plenty—would be given equal weight to a critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros.

Over the next 20 minutes, Sturgess watched the female noble false widow spider hoist the immobilized, matchbox-sized Eurasian pygmy shrew—which was many times larger than the spider—nearly 10 ...

Pygmy shrews can reach 6 cm [2.4 inches] body size and weigh 5g, therefore the shrew was about 10 times larger than the spider.

Kate Bush has announced the release of a self-directed animated short film called 'Little Shrew'. Find out more here.

Europe’s smallest bird of prey, the Eurasian pygmy owl, has now been confirmed in Spain for the first time, marking a westward expansion from the bird’s usual range. Researchers first captured ...

ATU’s Dr Allan McDevitt holding the invasive greater white-toothed shrew The invasive Greater White-toothed Shrew Ireland’s smallest mammal, the pygmy shrew, is quickly disappearing from the ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of at least one Eurasian pygmy owl in Spain, a new location for this little bird. Mongabay reported that the owl's sounds were first recorded in early 2023 ...

The others, the pygmy shrew and common or Eurasian shrew, offer no such threat. One of the most abundant small mammals, with up to 20 per acre of meadow, the common shrew isn’t a rodent, but most ...

The greater white-toothed shrew has become the UK ’s first mammal species in a century after a social media post led to the animal’s discovery. A Facebook picture of the animal caught by a cat ...

The family favourites – Mossy the Eurasian pygmy shrew, May the rabbit and Flynne the fox – are joined by some newbies, Isabelle, a tufted puffin, Marvin, an otter, and Phoenix, Isabelle’s ...