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 ...

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 ...

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

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 animal, a type of shrew mole, was discovered on Mount Huanggang, a 7,000-foot peak in southeast China, according to a study published Dec. 7 in the journal ZooKeys. Five specimens were ...

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 extremely rare Indian purple frog doesn’t really look like a frog. It’s also a living fossil that’s been around since ...

Vespa orientalis fed an 80-percent-ethanol brew still did hornet tasks and had normal life spans. This trick may be an adaptation to gut-dwelling yeast.

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 ...

Asia is the most mountainous continent on earth. From the tropical south to its barren centre, its highest places are home to ...

The Infinite Monkey Theorem is legit, but the universe will die before any simian could reprise the Bard's poems and prose.