Satiated shrews cache excess prey, particularly snails and earthworms, after biting and paralyzing them. The cold temperatures and deep snows of an Adirondack winter do not suppress the activity of ...

Cobras? Tigers? You might not think to flee at the sight of this Northern short-tailed shrew. And that would be a mistake. These tiny guys can take down prey over twice their size with a single bite.

The water shrew’s weight and long tail (67-71 mm ... among bottom debris for aquatic insects or relying on their sight to locate and outswim mobile prey. These shrews dive frequently but briefly, ...

The moisture and vegetative cover in such habitats support abundant and diverse populations of shrew prey species. RANGE: The Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is endemic to the southern Tulare Basin in ...

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal. Today, 95 percent of its former one-million-acre wetland and ...

Cobras? Tigers? You might not think to flee at the sight of this Northern short-tailed shrew. And that would be a mistake. These tiny guys can take down prey over twice their size with a single bite.