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A new species of the mysterious "Hero Shrew" has been discovered in Africa. Scientists first described the Hero Shrew, nicknamed for its extraordinary strength, over a century ago. Now for the ...

Scientist Discovers Two New Species of Shrews in Museum’s Collection Hailing from the mountains of Colombia, the new shrews fill in a geographical gap and are among a growing number of species ...

A shrew caught by a cat in Sunderland has proved to be the first of its species to be found in Britain. The Great White-toothed shrew, which has an uncanny resemblance to the TV Clangers ...

The Greater White-Toothed Shrew has become established in Ireland, and wherever it has been found has wiped out colonies of pygmy shrews, a species also found in the UK. Mr Bond said that the ...

A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report. The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi ...

A pygmy shrew kept in captivity provides some notion of the energy requirements of the species. It consumed parts of the bodies of 20 masked shrews, one white-footed mouse, one red-backed vole, one ...

The species – known to scientists as Sorex lyelli – was discovered by biologist Clinton Hart Merriam in 1902. ‘The shrew hasn’t been trapped or recorded in two decades,’ Subramanyan said.

A shrew-like mouse species recently discovered in the mountains of the Philippines may play a vital role in the survival of the endangered Philippine Eagle. The new species (Baletemys kampalili) is ...

Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The pygmy shrew -- a protected mammal -- was ...

Greater white-toothed shrew becomes UK’s first new mammal species in a century. Ecologists fear the species could threaten other animals of its kind ...

The greater white-toothed shrew has become the UK’s first mammal species in a century after a social media post led to the animal’s discovery. A Facebook picture of the animal caught by a cat led to ...