The pitfall trapping phase was essential to capture shrews that remain invisible to standard tools. A mammal that weighs about as much as a sugar cube sounds like a myth, right? Well, it might’ve been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A macro closeup shot of the smallest mammal in the world known as the Etruscan shrew sitting on a rock© Wirestock ...

A macro closeup shot of the smallest mammal in the world known as the Etruscan shrew sitting on a rock© Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com A mammal that weighs about as much as a sugar cube sounds ...

Wild animals are experts at staying out of sight. Yet the winter snow and mud can reveal a detailed account of the comings ...

Most of us who are from, or live in, the borough will likely be more than familiar with Peel Tower, Holcombe Hill and the surrounding moorland ...

Re: City of Avalon’s Protest to the Catalina Island Conservancy’s Permit and Corresponding CEQA Determination to Massacre All Mule Deer on Catalina Island The (“City”) submits this written protest to ...

Most mammals take one of two approaches to survive the winter: they either hibernate, slowing their bodies to a near standstill, or they bulk up with extra fat to burn when food runs low. Then there’s ...

Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get through it. This is a metabolic process that enables shrews to conserve ...

Last autumn, I was canoeing in a quiet saltwater cove on the Maine coast when I realized I had a tiny stowaway onboard. A masked shrew (Sorex cinereus, also called the cinereus or common shrew) was ...

Sometimes looks can be deceptive. There are deadly animals that look pretty cute but are capable of delivering deadly venom.