As spring awakens the natural world, unexpected creatures — from mice to a mysterious short-tailed shrew — find their way ...

The short-tailed shrew differs from other Adirondack shrews in having a blunter snout, a shorter tail that is less than 25% of the total length, a heavier more cylindrical body, and fleshy feet. The ...

According to the Live Science website, it's a pathogen that was found in some short-tailed shrews in Alabama. A shrew is a tiny rodent that looks like a long mouse with a pointy snout with buck teeth.

The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur ... Blossum, P.M. 1932. A pair of long-tailed shrews (Sorex cinereus cinereus) in captivity. Journal of Mammalogy, 13:136-143.

Unlike some larger shrew species that eat nestling mice, such as the short-tailed shrew (Sorex brevicauda) found in northeastern North America, our Salish Sea shrews are not venomous and do not ...

The Camp Hill virus was detected in northern short-tailed shrews, a small mammal that is commonly found in the U.S. and Canada, according to the press release. Queensland researchers plan to work ...

What comes to mind? Crocodiles? Cobras? Tigers? You might not think to flee at the sight of this Northern short-tailed shrew. And that would be a mistake. These tiny guys can take down prey over ...