The Least Shrew and Desert Shrew produce several litters (averaging four to five young) per year. Reproduction may occur throughout the year but has not been observed during winter months in our ...

It has the body of a mouse, the snout of an anteater, and the poor vision of a mole, and it’s creating tunnels and holes in your lawn. I’m talking, of course, about the shrew. This tiny mammal doesn’t ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The least shrew, a small but mighty insectivore, has quietly worked behind the scenes in Pennsylvanian farmlands for decades. However, since 1990 this species has been in ...

The least shrew is an underdog, taking blows from pesticides, pollution and development in the coastal dunes and brackish waters in which they reside. In honor of Keep America Beautiful Month, it ...

The range coincides with the boreal and mixed forests. Records of Adirondack specimens indicate this species is present throughout the park from elevations of at least 177 m to 1189 m (580-3900 ft).

At least eight people in Germany who died of encephalitis likely contracted a rare virus from shrews, a small mole-like animal, that led to the fatal brain-swelling condition.

John Wayne is an icon of the Western genre, but one of his best films broke many trends his previous entries established.

Least shrew The species: The least shrew is an insectivore that grows about three inches long with a short tail. It’s a grassland species that is active year-round.

Let’s hear it for the boys — well, the ones who play girls, anyway — in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s tediously idea-saturated “The Taming of the Shrew.” Were it not for Rick Hammerly ...

A new species of shrew has been discovered living high on a single peak in the Philippines, and no one knows how it got there.

Hares and stoats are changing the colors of their coats. Oh, and shrews’ heads are shrinking. New research shows that the skull of at least one variety of shrew actually shrivels in size every ...