Mammals who aren’t us steer clear of the things. But not so for Northern Tree Shrew. These brown-gray mammals are less than 10 inches long, but Chinese Northern Tree Shrews have been observed ...

This little critter, the pentail tree shrew, is about 4 inches long; it weighs just a few ounces. "It looks like a mix between a squirrel and a mouse," says Frank Weins, a biologist from Bayreuth ...

The tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis)—a small mammal species native to southeast Asia that's closely related to primates—however, apparently has no such problems. To their surprise ...

But not the tree shrew, according to a new study. The researchers found that this close relative of primates is unaffected by the active ingredient in chili peppers due to a subtle mutation in the ...

A tiny tree-shrew that lives on alcoholic nectar could - pound for pound - drink the average human under the table, scientists have discovered. Malaysia's pen-tailed tree-shrew waits until nightfall ...

Out boozing for several hours every night — that would be drinking like a tree shrew. Except the tree shrews can scurry a straight line afterward. MMM MMM … A close-up of the brown buds of the ...

But not the tree shrew, according to a study publishing July 12 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Yalan Han of the Kunming Institute of Zoology in China, and colleagues. The researchers ...