The neurotoxic saliva of the short-tailed shrew is a unique adaptation among North American mammals. Its poisonous bite is a result of secretions of the submaxillary glands which contain enough toxin ...

Scientists have made the most detailed study yet of a fossil found in Skye of a mouse or shrew-like creature that lived more than 165 million years ago. The jaw of Borealestes serendipitus was ...

All predators of small mammals take deer mice. Some of these are hawks, owls, snakes, short-tailed shrews, foxes, minks, weasels, bobcats and coyotes. Choate, J. R. 1973. Identification and recent ...

mouse-like creature matured slower and lived longer than similar mammals of today Margherita Bassi Tromelin Island became a safe place for birds once the invasive mammals were eliminated ...

"Squirrels and mice show a natural aversion to spicy foods," says Joanna ... But evolution is also the culprit for the tree ...

Generally, mice are light brown to black and have a white belly. However, it's very easy to confuse them with other pests, ...

Seeing a single mouse doesn’t necessarily mean your home is overrun, but it's a strong signal that more are nearby, says ...

These antiheroes of the American West are actually not so bad. New research reveals they're good parents and neighbors, and ...

Think of wolves hunting moose, owls hunting mice, or shrews hunting worms and insects. Less obvious carnivorous interactions involve many small individuals consuming a larger one. Such group ...

The animal is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand A little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been ... species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite ...

Rodents were also rummaging through biomedical waste bins at the hospital, and a mouse was found floating in a bucket of ...

The birth of a mouse named Cumulina 25 years ago launched a genetic revolution Rachel Nuwer Though there is no evidence of domestic animals passing the disease to humans, officials say they are ...