The short-tailed shrew differs from other Adirondack shrews in having a ... The fur of older individuals may contain white spots or patches. The eyes are tiny, and the short, soft fur completely ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some species, like the opossum and striped skunk, are rare and occur mostly at the periphery of the Adirondacks. Other species, such as the white-tailed deer and short-tailed shrew, are common and ...

Aaah! Warm nights and warmer days! Slender daffodil shoots sliver up through the flower bed earth, and pierce through the snow-flattened, brown grass. Buds bead up the bare branches of bushes and ...

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 ...