Etruscan shrews are 20 times lighter than the average adult mouse. They have a body length of about 4 cm excluding the tail ...

October 4, 1986, contained one adult short-tailed shrew. Blus, L.J. 1971. Reproductive and survival of short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) in capitivity. Laboratory of Animal Science, 21:884-891.

New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The ...

With few exceptions, the rock shrew requires a cool, moist site with a deep layer of moss-covered rocks ... New York Museum Handbook, 8:51-118. Harper, F. and J. S. Harper. 1929. Animal habits in ...

The animal is small enough to fit in the palm of ... The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings. The creature was found alive ...

Vespa orientalis fed an 80-percent-ethanol brew still did hornet tasks and had normal life spans. This trick may be an adaptation to gut-dwelling yeast.

In 1988 an effort was mounted to save this tiny mammal when the Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the shrew as an ...