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 ...

Conservationists rejoice as the Boosmansbos long-tailed forest shrew, a species lost to researchers for 46 years, is ...

One of the Western Cape’s most mysterious mammals, the Boosmansbos long-tailed forest shrew has made a reappearance, 46 years ...

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 ...

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

It had not been seen since 1980 and is found only in a remote afro-montane forest section of the Boosmansbos Wilderness Area.

Despite their resilience, elephant shrews face mounting threats from habitat destruction, deforestation, and human encroachment. Some species, like the golden-rumped elephant shrew, are especially ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...