The Mount Lyell shrew, a tiny mammal that lives high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, was first described 100 years ago, but ...

The tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed alive for the first time, according to the California Academy of Sciences.

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic ...

Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years ...

A group of young researchers captured and photographed the animal on a three-day expedition to the Eastern Sierra Nevada ...

When Auburn researchers discovered a new henipavirus in a local shrew, they named it after the small Tallapoosa County town ...

Researchers at Auburn University are part of a team that has discovered a new virus in North America. The virus, identified ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a shrew living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California designated it a "species of special concern," but nobody had seen it.

Three undergraduate students came up with an idea to capture the elusive Mount Lyell shrew, native to the Eastern Sierra Nevada region, as part of their fall 2024 project. Vishal Subramanyan ...

You can now feast your eyes on the mysterious and very elusive Mount Lyell Shrew. It's a shy little creature. In fact, this ...

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