New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression ...

A water shrew that hunts underwater has been named Animal of 2016 by Swiss environmental organisation Pro Natura. The Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) received this honour due to its ability to ...

Although Eurasian shrews exhibit variations of this behavior, the masked shrew may be the only North American species to engage in it. Young born in the spring often breed later in the same year. The ...

We rarely think about him in his burrow. Common assumptions about his social life simply recount that babies cling vice-like to their mother and each other in a long ...

Over the next 20 minutes, Sturgess watched the female noble false widow spider hoist the immobilized, matchbox-sized Eurasian pygmy shrew—which was many times larger than the spider—nearly 10 ...