While the function of the toxin is not clearly known, it probably serves to immobilize small animals and stun larger ones. A major part of the diet of the short-tailed shrew consists of small ...

The nest, made of plant fibers and 7.6-12.7 cm (3-5 in) in diameter, may be in decaying logs, stumps, the burrows of other mammals, or in the 19 mm (0.75 in) diameter tunnels the masked shrew digs in ...

While mice have often been blamed as the primary host for Lyme disease — spread through tick bites — a new study found that shrews may be the main carriers on Martha’s Vineyard.  The findings were ...