in at least some of its forest habitat, is well-protected.” Conservationists and volunteer biologists managed to capture the elusive little shrew. (Photo supplied) Previous attempts to catch the ...

A new Zoological Survey of India study published in Ecology and Evolution redefines the taxonomy of South Asian tree shrews. Researchers utilizing museum specimens and advanced analysis ...

Southern shrews shrink in winter Date: April 15, 2025 Source: University of North Carolina at Greensboro Summary: Newly published research shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal ...

Etruscan shrews weigh 0.063 ounces and can only be found in ... Also known as the Virgin Gorda least gecko and Virgin Islands dwarf gecko, the endangered lizard has only been observed on the Virgin ...

Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Wednesday that two northern tree shrew pups were born on Jan. 13. Their birth marks the first successful litter for parents Caper (4 years old) and Katherine ...

The Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli) is a tiny little critter, measuring just 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) long and weighing only 2-3 grams (0.1 ounces). The shrew is found only in the Eastern ...

According to the University of California, Berkeley, the Mount Lyell shrew was the only California mammal known to science that hadn’t been caught on camera. That changed when three young ...

It was finally ready for its close-up. The rare Mount Lyell shrew was recently photographed for the first time by a group of college students. The pointy-nosed, beady-eyed, greyish-brown creature ...

A video that Stomp contributor Kenneth took of a shrew and its three babies in Sengkang will leave you with mixed feelings. Kenneth said he came across the unusual sight between Blocks 128 and 132 ...

The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s dozens of known satellite galaxies. At roughly 300,000 light-years away, this dwarf elliptical galaxy (classified as dE3) was the first ...

For Emmet Martin and Skyler Pia, the beauty of their drone music project Water Shrews lies in its impermanence. Their long-form improvisational jams lurch to life and then dwindle to an end ...

Etruscan shrew are the smallest known extant mammal by mass. Virgin Islands dwarf sphaero are one of the smallest terrestrial vertebrates. Monte Iberia Eleuth is the third smallest frog in the world.