and the eastern half of the U.S. Mixed and deciduous hardwood forest with thick, damp leaf mold harbor the greatest numbers of short-tailed shrews in the Adirondacks, but all terrestrial communities, ...

They carry captured prey from the water in their jaws and sit on a nearby perch to feed. The reproductive biology of water shrews is poorly documented, especially for eastern populations. The breeding ...

The shrew is found only in the Eastern Sierra Nevada region and was first identified in 1902, but thanks to its elusive and mostly underground lifestyle, it has never been photographed before.