As spring awakens the natural world, unexpected creatures — from mice to a mysterious short-tailed shrew — find their way ...

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

Sometimes a cat will leave a dead animal at the door of a house. Why they do it is unknown. While it’s difficult to know the ...

Spring, summer and fall bulbs do benefit from fertilization! The soil fertility and pH in your garden plays a role in determining the amount or if it is needed. While not absolutely necessary, ...

NH expert explains why bobcats find "comfort" in residential areas after one came “eye to eye” with a Portsmouth woman.

A bobcat came “eye to eye” with a resident in a city neighborhood near downtown recently, as the wildcat population in New ...

It is definitely feeling “springy” this week as the Spring Break approaches for the area schools. I found a hummingbird flag hanging on the front porch which means those ruby-throated gems — the ...

This tiny, shrew-like animal roamed North America 53 million years ago ... with the smallest individuals weighing around 1.7g. The African pygmy mouse, Mus minutoides, holds the joint title for the ...

Mouse lemurs store fat in their tails and hind ... 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 ...

There are a number of shrew species in our region. Most must eat twice their own weight in food each day. They eat slugs, salamanders, earthworms and even mice larger than they are. Many years, while ...