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 ability of shrews to survive in cold climates is evidenced by Vermont having 8 kinds of shrews and Alaska 10, compared to Alabama with 6 and Florida with only 3.

Not since 1977 has a new mammal species been discovered in Arizona. But a Texas Tech University professor recently identified a new species of desert shrew that he first caught in the Santa Rita ...

When my grandson Parker was invited to go skiing in Vermont in early January, he wanted to see a moose. Though his encounter with a mammal was a bit lower ...