A tree shrew recently born at the National Zoo Photo by Clyde Nishimura In August, at the National Zoo, the efforts of keepers and biologists finally came to fruition as two baby tree shrews were ...

The shrews consume worms, snails, insects, mice and even baby rabbits. With a heart rate of 700 to 1,000 beats per minute, their high metabolism demands a meal every hour or two.

Last month, a new baby elephant-shrew was born at the Zoo's Small Mammal House, but keepers didn't even know about it until recently and then trained a camera on it (above).

Baby Elephant Shrews - June 2009 Description The National Zoo's Small Mammal House is home to two baby black and rufous giant elephant-shrews—also known as sengis. Newborn elephant-shrews stay hidden ...

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is welcoming two new residents. Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Wednesday that two northern tree shrew pups were born on Jan. 13. Their birth marks the first ...

The hero shrew’s rigid backbone is among the weirdest mammal spines, its incredible strength aided by fortified vertebrae bones. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today ...

BOISE -- The population of Zoo Boise got a little bigger recently after the births of a wallaby and a giant elephant shrew. The baby shrew was born March 15 to parents Polaris and Havok, and has ...