The southeastern shrew is only known from 25 counties in the southwestern section of our state. No matter where you live in Indiana, you have at least one species of shrew near you.

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur.

Native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, pygmy marmosets hold the title of the world’s smallest true monkey. They are ...

The smoky shrew occurs from southeastern Canada to northern Georgia where it occupies the high elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. Its distribution within the northeast U.S. is spotty, owing ...

The tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis)—a small mammal species native to southeast Asia that's closely related to primates—however, apparently has no such problems.

High up in the Sierra Nevada, the tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been shying away from cameras since it was first identified almost 100 years ago. Despite being a documented species, it was the only ...

The northern tree shrew is a small, energetic mammal native to forests and shrublands of Southeast Asia, including parts of China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Potter Park Zoo ...

The widespread abundance of the southeastern shrew was not discovered until the 1960s when herpetologists at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory began using pitfall ...

The widespread abundance of the southeastern shrew was not discovered until the 1960s when herpetologists at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory began using pitfall ...

Apparently, tree shrews follow the adage, “Rules are meant to be broken.” According to research led by Yale anthropology professor Eric Sargis, tree shrews — small, slender mammals native to tropical ...