This Mount Lyell shrew is ready for his close-up – finally. Well over a century since its discovery, this tiny never-before-pictured mammal has been photographed alive. The pointy-nosed shrew ...

Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years since the mammal was discovered.

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For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a shrew living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California designated it a "species of special concern," but nobody had seen it.

Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years since the mammal was discovered.

A Facebook picture of an unusual-looking animal caught by a cat has led to the discovery of the first non-native mammal to become established in the UK since the 1920s.. The Greater White-Toothed ...

To take photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, three students laid out over 100 traps last November in the Eastern Sierra Nevada region and checked them every two hours.

An identikit picture of the small furry ancestor that gave rise to humans and most other mammals has been pieced together by scientists. The shrew-like creature weighed less than half a pound, had ...

The shrew is present in the Channel Islands and is known to be an invasive species in Ireland. While photos of the species in the area date back to at least 2015, it had never been confirmed in ...