After learning that the Mount Lyell shrew was the only California mammal that had never been photographed alive, they made it their mission to track down the creature and snap some pictures.

The Mt. Lyell shrew, a mouse-like mammal that lives in the central Sierra Nevada, has never been photographed in the 100 years since it was discovered. It took three industrious college students ...

They captured a couple of shrews in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and took a few photos before setting the creatures free. Shrews have to eat frequently to stay alive due to their high ...

Shrews belong to a famously diverse mammalian family, Soricidae. One genus, Crocidura, contains more than 180 species. A team of scientists from the US, Indonesia, and Australia have now added to this ...