Water, as the common name suggests, is the necessary prerequisite for this shrew. Bogs, the edges of lakes and ponds, marshes, shrub swamps, rivers, and streams - even if only intermittent - provide ...

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

For the past 65 million years, mammals have thrived across nearly every corner of Earth. In this time span, they have shaped ...

The shrew is found only in the Eastern Sierra Nevada ... The species is even predicted to lose 89 percent of its habitat by the 2080s due to climate change.

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal. Today, 95 percent of its former one-million-acre wetland and ...

Habitat disturbances ... No larger than a human thumb and lighter than a penny, the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the Pygmy white-toothed shrew ...