The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

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 ...

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 Jack Tamisiea Research zoologist Neal Woodman ...

A water shrew is a tiny insectivore no bigger than a human thumb. Because of poor eyesight, they must rely on a complex hunting strategy. - [Narrator] Water shrews are the cheetahs of the wetlands.