In fact, they are some of the rarest animals ever seen in the UK—because they've never lived there before. Although the tiny ...

For more than 50 years, the mouse-size Somali sengi was thought to be a lost species. Turns out, it wasn't. Researchers recently spotted the Somali sengi, a kind of elephant shrew, not in Somalia — ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The National Zoo's Small Mammal House is home to two baby black and rufous giant elephant-shrews—also known as sengis. Newborn elephant-shrews ...

Scientists working in the Horn of Africa have documented the existence of a remarkable little mammal called the Somali elephant shrew -- or Somali sengi -- for the first time since the 1970s.

A pair of rare Elephant Shrews have arrived at their new home in Hertfordshire Zoo. The Black and Rufous Sengi, also known as Elephant Shrew, is a small mammal native to the forests and shrublands of ...

From elephants to fennec foxes, discover 10 animals with huge ears and their fascinating adaptations for hearing and survival.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. From tigers to elephant-shrews to parrots to goats, it’s a wild day in ...

Barely known and never seen, elephant shrews baffle even the zoologists. With their stilt-like legs and long mobile trunk, joined to the body of a large shrew with a golden bottom, they certainly ...