At first glance, you’d swear it was a mouse or perhaps a small shrew, but look closer: this animal isn’t what it seems. Prepare to be surprised—what you’re seeing is called an elephant ...

Blus, L.J. 1971. Reproductive and survival of short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) in capitivity. Laboratory of Animal Science, 21:884-891. Buckner, C.H. 1964. Metabolism, food capacity, and ...

Etruscan shrews are 20 times lighter than the average adult mouse. They have a body length of about 4 cm excluding the tail ...

With few exceptions, the rock shrew requires a cool, moist site with a deep layer ... Harper, F. and J. S. Harper. 1929. Animal habits in certain portions of the Adirondacks. New York State Museum ...

The masked shrew, a tiny mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its body and braincase during winter to conserve energy ...

Borneo’s small mammals, including rats and shrews, share gut bacteria in human-altered areas, revealing surprising microbial exchanges.

Newly published research from UNC Greensboro biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean and colleagues shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains ...

But despite an initial finding that the animal might warrant federal protection, the Service left the shrew hanging as its habitat dwindled. Rather than processing that petition and issuing a final ...

Instead, according to a study published November 30 in PNAS, in winter, these shrews lose 28 percent of the volume from their somatosensory cortex, which likely helps them conserve energy. “This ...

Compared to autumn shrews, spring shrews displayed upregulation of transcripts ... to which differences in gene expression are evolved adaptations or responses to an animal’s current environment.

But despite an initial finding that the animal might warrant federal protection, the Service left the shrew hanging as its habitat dwindled. Rather than processing that petition and issuing a final ...