NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana researchers have identified 14 new species of shrews on an Indonesian island where seven in that genus were previously known. There were so many and some look so similar ...

Researchers at LSU have added to the body of knowledge about the shrew, a small mammal found around the world with the discovery of a new species on an Indonesian island. The LSU researchers have ...

The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...

Not since 1977 has a new mammal species been discovered in Arizona. But a Texas Tech University professor recently identified a new species of desert shrew that he first caught in the Santa Rita ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana researchers ...

The hero shrew — a small, ratlike animal with a bizarrely strong and oddly shaped backbone — has mystified scientists since it was first described more than 100 years ago. Now, a newly discovered ...

Among Adirondack mammals, pygmy shrews hold several records. Some adults weigh only 2-3 g (0.11 oz) and thus are the smallest mammals in the world. This species is also one of the rarest, with only ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew, officially declared extinct. This tiny insect-eating mammal was Australia's only shrew species. Its disappearance highlights the ...

NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — Louisiana researchers have identified 14 new species of shrews on an Indonesian island where seven in that genus were previously known. There were so many and some look so ...