Adorable photos show two newborn baby elephant shrews being tended to by their mom after a zoo became the first to ever breed the unique African species in the UK. Hertfordshire Zoo is celebrating the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

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 ...

The Rosamond Gifford Zoo announced two major updates on Tuesday.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Photographers made history by capturing an adorable little critter on camera for the first time ever. The elusive creature is called the Mount Lyell Shrew, and ...

Hero shrews may be small mammals that look like rodents, but they're strong, mighty and live up to their name on the inside. Their interlocking spine is unlike anything researchers have ever seen in ...

The Earth officially lost at least six species this year, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The list — an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of ...

Newly published research shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its body and braincase to conserve energy during winter months. Newly ...

If you know where to find a good shrew, then Aldine resident William Keith really wants to hear from you. "If anybody knows what a shrew is, and if you have shrews on your property, please call me," ...