To take photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, three students laid out over 100 traps last November in the Eastern Sierra Nevada ...

Hawks, owls, snakes, and larger mammals prey upon short-tailed shrews. Mammalian predators may sometimes kill but then do not eat this species because of the “sour” odor produced by skin glands. Short ...

Here is why Mr big the unassuming shrew is one of the most fearless predators in Zootopia. Following is a transcript of the video. Foxes cower at his name. Polar bears follow his every order.

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 ...

Predators of our island shrews are mainly owls (which are also the main predator of island bats) and domestic cats. Unlike some larger shrew species that eat nestling mice, such as the short ...

The researchers started by analyzing gene expression in shrews across different points in the lifecycle, including in autumn (when the shrews’ brains were shrinking) and in spring (when their brains ...