A leading researcher has described the extinction of the Christmas Island shrew as "another stain" on Australia's environmental record. The mouse-sized mammal was officially added to the International ...

Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence. Introduced black rats and their ...

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 ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out ...

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John Woinarski is a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, a member of the Biodiversity Council, and co-chair of the IUCN Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes Specialist Species Group.

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 ...

As summer nights fade into autumn glow, The Taming of the Shrew wraps up Shakespeare Dallas’ 2025 season, but there is a twist to this Shakespearean battle of the sexes. The outdoor production running ...

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A new species of “tiny” mammal was discovered in the mountains of northern Ethiopia. Craig, et al (2025) Journal of Vertebrate Biology In late September 2015 in the highlands of Ethiopia, researcher ...

LENOX, MASS. — Shakespeare & Company is closing its summer season with an erratic production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” It’s a well-known story about sisters seeking husbands. Bianca, an attractive ...

LENOX – Shakespeare & Company’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” begins with the opening moments of Samuel Beckett's “Waiting For Godot.” Yes, you read that correctly. Those opening moments — ...