The Hispaniolan solenodon, a shrew-like creature of the Caribbean, has toxic venom and a long nose that maneuvers like a ...

Last autumn, I was canoeing in a quiet saltwater cove on the Maine coast when I realized I had a tiny stowaway onboard. A masked shrew (Sorex cinereus, also called the cinereus or common shrew) was ...

When Notre Dame lost by 15 points at home to Louisville last February, then second-year head coach Micah Shrewsberry stood firm in his conviction to rebuild his struggling basketball program, which ...

SOUTH BEND ― A late-game sequence that has served as a pivot point each of the last two seasons for Notre Dame basketball was sure to resurface somewhere along the way. On Tuesday, January 27, at home ...

The pitfall trapping phase was essential to capture shrews that remain invisible to standard tools. A mammal that weighs about as much as a sugar cube sounds like a myth, right? Well, it might’ve been ...

Alice Rogoff is publisher of Arctic Today and co-founder of the Arctic Circle Assembly. The United States faces serious security vulnerabilities in the Arctic. The region’s strategic positioning and ...

A mammal that weighs about as much as a sugar cube sounds like a myth, right? Well, it might’ve been one, until a tiny new shrew species was discovered in the Ethiopian highlands. Named after an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A massive winter storm has left over 550,000 households without power across the South, with dangerous ice and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice is seen from a vehicle in San Antonio this past Sunday morning. Below-freezing temperatures, along with freezing rain and ...

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Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program just completed a 2-0 week, ending it with a statement win over Virginia on Saturday on the road. UNC rallied back from 16 points down in the first half, ...