The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...

A writhing, twisting, snake scurrying on over 30 legs might not sound like your idea of fun, but this strange beast has millions of eyes glued to it this week. In a video that was posted to Twitter on ...

The Christmas Island shrew, the only shrew species native to Australia, has been officially declared extinct. This small mammal, once endemic to the isolated Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, has ...

It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on ...

“A spiteful, nagging, and ill-tempered person” is one definition of a shrew. Two species of shrews, of the animal nature, occur in our area and this name association hasn’t improved their images.

There’s a reason the few photos available of the Sherman’s short-tailed shrew are of dead ones: That may be the only kind left or, they may never have existed at all. If they did, the only place on ...

Celebrate Earth Day by revisiting stories about the museum’s research on a bevy of bizarre and wonderful creatures Jack Tamisiea The discovery of Asian giant hornets in Washington State in 2020 ...

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew, officially declared extinct. This tiny insect-eating mammal was Australia's only shrew species. Its disappearance highlights the ...

Sometimes it is hard to tell some of our small Indiana mammals apart. Mice, moles, voles and shrews are all very similar in appearance. Recently, I received some calls about little mammals that the ...