Shrews evolved high heart rates by losing protein regulation. This discovery could help human heart treatments.

Most animals retreated to small, warmer enclaves. But some, like humans, seemed to have stayed where they were.

The shrew's resting heart rate can reach up to 17 beats per second, equivalent to about 1,020 beats per minute. In comparison ...

The shrew was still alive in the web, the researchers report, although it was only seen making a few slight movements near ...

If you choose not to rake this year, breaking up leaves with a mulching mower instead of bagging will allow ground-up leaves ...

but if you’d prefer it didn’t dig up little sections of your lawn or eat your birdseed, you might want to know how to get rid ...

Fishers, one of the few animals capable of killing and eating porcupines, were completely wiped out of the Keystone State in ...

The Isle of Man has fewer wild mammals than England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and a dearth of medium-sized meat eaters ...

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 Shrews Views podcast is back - with Jonny Drury and Ollie Westbury. In episode nine of the series, Jonny asks whether ...

The Pike County Historical Society is hosting another Dinner and a Creature Feature night on Wednesday, October 16. The movie ...

There is no evidence so far LayV can transmit among humans. Researchers detected the virus predominantly in shrews. The discovery was highlighted in a letter written by researchers from China ...