The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared that the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura ...

Researchers at LSU have added to the body of knowledge about the shrew, a small mammal found around the world with the discovery of a new species on an Indonesian island. The LSU researchers have ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana researchers have identified 14 new species of shrews on an Indonesian island where seven in that genus were previously known. There were so many and some look so similar ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent ...

Not since 1977 has a new mammal species been discovered in Arizona. But a Texas Tech University professor recently identified a new species of desert shrew that he first caught in the Santa Rita ...

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 shrew – North America’s tiniest mammal – will boggle your mind. Ten species live in Washington state. And as you read this, thousands of them are darting around the ground like over-caffeinated ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana researchers ...

A team of scientists recently identified Palawanosorex muscorum, a new species of shrew known more informally as the Palawan moss shrew. This shrew, found on what Heaney calls a 'sky island,' may help ...

NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — Louisiana researchers have identified 14 new species of shrews on an Indonesian island where seven in that genus were previously known. There were so many and some look so ...