Anita McMillan was out walking in the countryside near St Austell when she spotted the pygmy shrew in the wild, and made the ...

Luckily the shrews were right as rain when they were released back into the wild, and the researchers have photographic proof that they were the first to ever catch the little guys on camera.

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Scientists hypothesize wild shrews may be the "natural reservoir" for the new Langya henipavirus discovered in eastern China.

Hailing from the mountains of Colombia, the new shrews fill in a geographical gap and are among a growing number of species discovered in collections ...

Shrews are suspected to be a potential reservoir of the Langya virus. Above, a common shrew (Sorex araneus) Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Scientists in China have found a new virus that has ...

Scientists tested 25 species of small animals and the LayV virus was detected in 27% of wild shrews. They said this suggests that shrews may be a "natural reservoir" for LayV.

Although they found a small number of goats and dogs that may have been infected with the virus in the past, there was more direct evidence a significant proportion of wild shrews were harbouring ...

"In fact, very few wild animals eat shrews," he continued. "They have a pungent musk which many mammals find distasteful. So scrap your shrew ice cream idea. In fact, scrap ice cream for cats ...

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The scientists said shrews are a “natural reservoir” for LayV. The virus’s genetic material was found in 27% of wild shrews that scientists tested in the area, the highest rate among the 25 ...