The name “elephant shrew” is misleading. These small mammals, often no bigger than a mouse, were named for their long, flexible noses, which reminded early naturalists of an elephant’s trunk.

Elephant shrews, or sengis, are native to Africa and, like antelopes on the savanna, “run like the wind,” Rathbun says. Mated pairs often clear long, straight paths through their territories ...

The elephant-shrew was on the organization's 25 Most Wanted Lost Species list. GWC released the first scientific documentation of a live Somali sengi in the form of a photo showing the mouse-like ...

Elephant shrews are neither elephants nor shrews, and are more closely related to aardvarks Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial ...

For over 50 years, the Somali sengi (or elephant shrew) has been considered a "lost species" — until now.. The furry, mouse-sized creature with a trunk-like nose is still very much alive ...

Not seen for almost 50 years, the elephant shrew, a diminutive relative of the elephant, has been spotted in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. Also known as Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoilii), the ...

The elephant-shrew looks like a mouse designed by a committee. It's got a trunk like a pachyderm, the tail of a kangaroo and an anteater's tongue. Like a shrew, it eats insects.

A tiny elephant-shrew species that had been lost to science for more than half a century has reappeared in the Horn of Africa, new research reveals. The Somali sengi, a monogamous animal that is re… ...

The elephant shrew lives! That's the good news from scientists today as field researchers announced the rediscovery of the Somali sengi, a species that has been missing for 50 years.

One of 17 elephant shrew species, the newly discovered mammal weighs up to an ounce and measures about 7.5 inches from snout to tail, Reuters reports.

Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr. Petra Wester from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Her investigations show for the first time that ...

Researchers may have discovered a previously unknown species of the giant elephant shrew -- a small mammal with a nose like a trunk -- in a remote Kenyan forest.