The range of this abundant and widespread species includes the southern half of eastern Canada, and the eastern half of the U.S. Mixed and deciduous hardwood forest with thick, damp leaf mold harbor ...

When one thinks of venomous animals that might be lurking in the darkness, the furry and kind of cute northern short-tailed ...

Although Eurasian shrews exhibit variations of this behavior, the masked shrew may be the only North American species to engage in it. Young born in the spring often breed later in the same year. The ...

Ulmer described the creature in his field notes, incorrectly identifying it as a type of shrew: "They were voracious beasts often devouring the whole bait before springing the trap. Ham rind ...

The chromosome complement (karyotype) often differs between related mammalian species (including humans vs chimpanzees), such that evolutionary biologists muse whether chromosomal difference is a ...

In 1988 an effort was mounted to save this tiny mammal when the Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the shrew as an ...

Shrews are small, mole-like mammals that are sometimes mistaken for mice. But unlike most other mammals, some shrew species are venomous. One of these is the American short-tailed shrew (Blarina ...

The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings. The creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa ...

The shrews climb onto the pitcher's rim to feed on the nectar ... Discover why coral reefs are so important. There are two species of oxpecker: the red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) and ...

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A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...

In 1988 an effort was mounted to save this tiny mammal when the Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the shrew as an ...