Elephant shrews are neither elephants nor shrews, and are more closely related to aardvarks Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern ...

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Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr. Petra Wester from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Her investigations show for the first time that the ...

Scientists working in the Horn of Africa have documented the existence of a remarkable little mammal called the Somali elephant shrew – or Somali sengi – for the first time since the 1970s. While ...

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Scientists working in the Horn of Africa have documented the existence of a remarkable little mammal called the Somali elephant shrew -- or Somali sengi -- for the first time since the 1970s.

The elephant shrew lives! That's the good news from scientists today as field researchers announced the rediscovery of the Somali sengi, a species that has been missing for 50 years. Thanks to a tip ...

The National Zoo's Small Mammal House is home to two baby black and rufous giant elephant-shrews—also known as sengis. Newborn elephant-shrews stay hidden away in nests built by their parents for 21 ...

For more than 50 years, the mouse-size Somali sengi was thought to be a lost species. Turns out, it wasn't. Researchers recently spotted the Somali sengi, a kind of elephant shrew, not in Somalia — ...

SAN FRANCISCO (January 16, 2008) — Although there is unquestionably much left to be discovered about life on Earth, charismatic animals like mammals are usually well documented, and it is rare to find ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute celebrated several births recently. During the past several weeks, 31 new residents have been born, many of which were endangered ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute celebrated several births recently. During the past several weeks, 31 new residents have been born, many of which were endangered ...