The sengi is also known as an “elephant shrew” but is not a shrew at all. These little creatures are insectivorous mammals ...

Small, soft seeds may form part of the winter diet. A masked shrew requires large quantities of food each day, and one kept in captivity ate 3.3 times its own body weight in a 24 hour period. Merriam ...

A major part of the diet of the short-tailed shrew consists of small invertebrates, especially earthworms and large insects, that a shrew catches and immediately severs with its sharp teeth, and then ...

Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Wednesday that two northern tree shrew pups were born on Jan. 13. Their birth marks the first successful litter for parents Caper (4 years old) and Katherine ...