The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled a mouse ...

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List, the world's most comprehensive global inventory on ...

This grey-black to blackish-brown shrew with a pointed, down-drooping nose averages 147-157 mm (5.8-6.2 in) in length, and is the longest of the Adirondack shrews. It weighs 10-17 g (0.35-0.60 oz), ...

“A spiteful, nagging, and ill-tempered person” is one definition of a shrew. Two species of shrews, of the animal nature, occur in our area and this name association hasn’t improved their images.

The Christmas Island shrew, the only shrew species native to Australia, has been officially declared extinct. This small ...

The smoky shrew occurs from southeastern Canada to northern Georgia where it occupies the high elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. Its distribution within the northeast U.S. is spotty, owing ...

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 ...

A new species of “tiny” mammal was discovered in the mountains of northern Ethiopia. Craig, et al (2025) Journal of Vertebrate Biology In late September 2015 in the highlands of Ethiopia, researcher ...

For years, a small creature has lived undetected atop a mountain in China — until now. The animal, a type of shrew mole, was discovered on Mount Huanggang, a 7,000-foot peak in southeast China, ...