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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).
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 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 away in nests built by their parents for 21 ...
This adorable footage shows a family of blind baby shrews clinging onto each other's tails to make sure they don't get separated from their mother. The heartwarming clip of the tiny animals was ...
Baby shrews gestate for about four weeks, and are born in litters that can be as small as two cubs and as large as six. When they enter the world, they only weigh about 0.2 grams, and they can ...
A baby elephant shrew, born to one of Zoo Boise’s animals March 5, is starting to poke its head out of the nest, according to a zoo press release.
Elephant shrews — including so-called “giant” species the size of a squirrel — are more closely related to elephants than to shrews. As for their basic lifestyle, elephant shrews may be ...
Despite their name, tree shrews are not actually shrews but belong to their own unique order, Scandentia.
Cute or concerning? A video that Stomp contributor Kenneth took of a shrew and its three babies in Sengkang will leave you with mixed feelings. Kenneth said he came across the unusual sight ...
* Japanese name: Himizu * Scientific name: Urotrichus talpoides * Description: The greater shrew-mole belongs to the mole family but, befitting its name, it has features of both moles and shrews ...
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.
General Hospital fans are feeling annoyed with Lulu as she continues to situate herself within Brook Lynn and Dante's baby drama.