The Mount Lyell shrew, a tiny mammal that lives high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, was first described 100 years ago, but the elusive creature had never been photographed alive. So, in November 2024 ...

Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years ...

To take photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, three students laid out over 100 traps last November in the Eastern Sierra Nevada region and checked them every two hours.

You can now feast your eyes on the mysterious and very elusive Mount Lyell Shrew. It's a shy little creature. In fact, this is the first time this creature has ever been photographed alive before.

They captured a couple of shrews in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and took a few photos before setting the creatures free. Shrews have to eat frequently to stay alive due to their high ...

The shrew—the animal namesake of bad-tempered women—is the smallest but fiercest and most voraciously carnivorous of all mammals. The brown, beady-eyed, two-to four-inch creature looks like a ...

Mount Lyell shrews were first described a century ago ... means much more than just getting some cute photos. "If we look at the extinction crisis and the types of animals it’s impacting ...

"The hardest part of getting the photos was one, they're incredibly fast cuz they're always running around," Subramanyan told CBS News. Another reason the Mount Lynell shrews had never been ...

The trio set up a white background on the bottom of the box that held the shrew and glass on the top so they could take the photos, according to the news outlet. The Mt. Lyell shrew was known to ...