Barely known and never seen, elephant shrews baffle even the zoologists. With their stilt-like legs and long mobile trunk, joined to the body of a large shrew with a golden bottom, they certainly ...

Two post-graduate students have discovered a type of shrew never before seen in Ireland. It is the first time in 44 years that a new mammal species has been found in the country. The discovery was ...

The shrew and its parasites -- even 40-year-old preserved ones -- are the new indicators of environmental change, according a researcher. A new study indicates a changes in shrews' ranges whenever the ...

Dave Tosh, from the School of Biological Sciences at Queens University, found the greater white-toothed shrew in Tipperary and Limerick while working with University College Cork and BirdWatch Ireland ...

Scientists have been surprised by a variety of Irish shrew never seen on the Emerald Isle before. The mouse-sized creature is the first new mammal to be discovered in Ireland in 44 years. A researcher ...

Scientists have been surprised to discover a new variety of shrew in Ireland. The mouse-sized creature is the first new mammal to be discovered there in 44 years. A researcher found skulls belonging ...