The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

According to the BBC Science Focus, the smallest mammal in the world is the Etruscan shrew. The Etruscan shrew, also known as the white-toothed pygmy shrew or Suncus etruscus, is located in North ...

If you’re not a biologist, the Mount Lyell shrew looks similar to other shrews that occupy the Sierra Nevada. It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Momentarily pausing ...

The natural history of the pygmy shrew is poorly known for all parts of its range. The pygmy shrew occurs throughout most of the boreal and northern temperate forests of North America, and along a ...

A water shrew is a tiny insectivore no bigger than a human thumb. Because of poor eyesight, they must rely on a complex hunting strategy. - [Narrator] Water shrews are the cheetahs of the wetlands.

Brasilodon quadrangularis was a small shrew-like creature, around 20 centimeters (8 inches) long, that walked the earth 225 million years ago at the same time as some of the oldest dinosaurs and ...