This Newly Discovered Tiny New Shrew Weighs as Much as a Sugar Cube

A mammal that weighs about as much as a sugar cube sounds like a myth, right? Well, it might’ve been one, until a tiny new ...
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Tiny mammal the weight of a sugar cube discovered in Ethiopian highlands – and it's totally new to science

“I will never forget that moment. I called out to the others. The little shrew looked like something we had only seen once ...
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As Shrew Like It: Elusive Californian Mammal Photographed For First Time

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...
Billings Gazette

Montana's tiniest mammal is the western pygmy shrew

The western pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal found in Montana. They live in the northwest and northeast corners of the state. Measuring only about 2- to 4-inches long, including their tail, the tiny ...
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Elusive Californian mammal captured on camera for first time ever

(CNN) — Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured. Not a single Mount Lyell shrew ...

Shrews Can Shrink Their Brains by 30%. Here's How They Grow It Back.

The unusual adaptation is known as Dehnel's phenomenon, named for Polish zoologist August Dehnel, who first described the ...
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Australia’s only shrew is declared extinct after human meddling

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 ...
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Small, but mighty | Where has the least shrew gone?

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The least shrew, a small but mighty insectivore, has quietly worked behind the scenes in Pennsylvanian farmlands for decades. However, since 1990 this species has been in danger of ...