While shrews are evasive and rarely seen, these small insectivorous mammals are very abundant. One species, the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) is particularly successful: it is ...

A shrew caught by a cat in Sunderland has proved to be the first of its species to be found in Britain. The Great White-toothed shrew, which has an uncanny resemblance to the TV Clangers characters, ...

Ireland’s smallest mammal, the pygmy shrew, is quickly disappearing from the landscape. It is being out-competed for insect food by the recently arrived greater white-toothed shrew, according to a ...

A mummified shrew found at Quesna suggests that ancient Egypt’s environment was once more wet than it is now. Abigail Eisenstadt Researchers study burial sites like the Falcon Necropolis at Quesna to ...