It has the body of a mouse, the snout of an anteater, and the poor vision of a mole, and it’s creating tunnels and holes in ...

In preparation for winter, the common shrew (Sorex araneus) shrinks its brain by 30 percent to conserve precious energy. Then, come spring, the shrew miraculously 'regrows' its shrivelled brain, ...

Hero shrews have some of the weirdest backbones in the animal kingdom -- they're incredibly strong, with stories of a 0.25-pound shrew supporting a grown man standing on its back. No one knows what ...

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Hero shrews may be small mammals that look like rodents, but they’re strong, mighty and live up to their name on the inside. Their interlocking spine is unlike anything researchers have ever seen in ...

A tiny species of shrew in James Madison University’s Edith J. Carrier Arboretum has been visiting and snacking in a device invented and patented by biology professors Katrina Gobetz and Bryan Cage.

Thanks to the warmer temperatures and rain at Thanksgiving, much of the snow cover that we had earlier in November had dissipated. (The 44 degrees recorded Nov. 23 tied Nov. 3 for being the warmest ...

At least eight people in Germany who died of encephalitis likely contracted a rare virus from shrews, a small mole-like animal, that led to the fatal brain-swelling condition often caused by a viral ...

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a small brown shrew is about 1/3 of the size of the blue-gloved human hand it is sitting on. In preparation for winter, the common ...