This slender-bodied, slate gray insectivore named for its long tail or habitat, depending on which common name one chooses ... With few exceptions, the rock shrew requires a cool, moist site with a ...

The nose of this small rodent is yellowish orange, and thus another common name, the yellow-nosed vole ... This limited distribution is a consequence of habitat preference, and to come extent, results ...

I love sitting on my back porch, observing wildlife: it’s peaceful and enjoyable at the beginning or after a hard day at work ...

Each baby shrew will hold onto the shrew in front by biting down in the base of their tail. Common and pygmy shrews can be found in any habitat where there is sufficient ground cover whereas water ...

The main threat to the royal antelope is hunting, but habitat deterioration is a common concern as well ... Mediterranean Lowlands (Portugal to the Middle East) Etruscan shrews have a wide geographic ...

Nonetheless, the amphibious hippo, with its lawnmower-like diet of up to a hundred pounds (45 kilograms) of grass a night, shares a common lineage ... tiny shrew-size creatures that lived in ...

Patches of heart-leaved birch and mountain ash are common where wind ... The rock vole and long-tailed shrew both inhabit cool moist crevices in rocky habitat at high elevations. Northern bog lemmings ...

An investigation into allegations that University of New Hampshire researchers violated state animal-cruelty laws determined there were "no elements to support the allegations of negligent acts," UNH ...

For example, the common bird’s-foot trefoil is a food plant for 160 species of insects, which in turn support mammals and birds such as shrews and lapwings. Wildflowers provide bees, butterflies and ...

Helmeted hornbills regurgitate and defecate tree seeds, helping to replenish wide swaths of forest, where commercial logging and clearing for oil palm threaten their habitat. My reverie is broken ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...