High up in the Sierra Nevada, the tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been shying away from cameras since it was first identified almost 100 years ago. Despite being a documented species, it was the only known ...

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The Mt. Lyell shrew, a mouse-like mammal that lives in the central Sierra Nevada, has never been photographed in the 100 years since it was discovered. It took three industrious college students to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A palm-sized mammal that lives underground in California has been caught alive on camera for the first time. Three undergraduate ...

A rare species of shrew was just photographed in California for the first time in history in an exciting discovery for natural science. But the snaps weren't taken by professional researchers or ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google It was finally ready for its close-up. The rare Mount Lyell shrew was recently photographed for the first time by a ...

If you’re not a biologist, the Mount Lyell shrew looks similar to other shrews that occupy the Sierra Nevada. It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size, it’s not ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a tiny mammal living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California even designated it a species of special concern. But nobody had ...

(CNN) — Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured. Not a single Mount Lyell shrew ...

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 that ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a shrew living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California designated it a "species of special concern," but nobody had seen it. For ...