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In 1910, a pair of scientists exploring what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo came across a shrew of improbable furriness and size (though it still weighed in at just a tenth of a pound).

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How many species that small can still be hiding in plain sight, simply because they're tough to catch, easy to misidentify, or ...

New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression ...

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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 to ...

(Reuters) - A new mammal discovered in the remote desert of western Africa resembles a long-nosed mouse in appearance but is more closely related genetically to elephants, a California scientist who ...