Denise E. Robinson, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. Short-tailed shrews Blarina brevicauda cached most (86.6%) prey captured. Few were consumed immediately (9 4%) or left where killed (3.9%). Shrews most often ...

We asked our friends at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville to spotlight something fascinating about our state. Though small, this fella packs a real punch. Northern short-tailed ...

After a colder-than-normal November and a mild December, the first half of January has acted like January. With consistent nocturnal readings of subzero, we recorded an average of several degrees ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Analyses of craniometric variance within a population of short-tailed shrews, Blarina brevicauda, in Connecticut revealed almost no secondary ...

This grey-black to blackish-brown shrew with a pointed, down-drooping nose averages 147-157 mm (5.8-6.2 in) in length, and is the longest of the Adirondack shrews. It weighs 10-17 g (0.35-0.60 oz), ...

Somewhere not far from where you sit now, let's say within 100 yards, there is likely to be a fellow mammal with a heart racing at the speed of 20 beats per second and a respiration rate of 12.5 ...

Is there something small and mouse-like living under your firewood pile that’s not quite a mouse or a mole? In South Jersey, this animal would most likely be a Northern short-tail shrew. An adult ...

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 ...