A TINY animal that looks just like a mint humbug sweet has been spotted in Britain for the first time. The creature, a pygmy ...

Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a ...

Pepper the cat is at it again. After his hunting skills helped virologists identify the first jeilongvirus in the United ...

Hero shrews may be small mammals that look like rodents, but they’re strong, mighty and live up to their name on the inside. Their interlocking spine is unlike anything researchers have ever ...

IF you know where to find a good shrew, then Aldine resident William Keith really wants to hear from you. "If anybody knows what a shrew is, and if you have shrews on your property, please call me ...

Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for ...

A cat that aided scientists in a virus discovery last year recently put his hunting skills back on display, leading to ...

"Animals as small as shrews and as large as elephants are built out of the same building blocks of nerve and muscle," says Max Donelan, a professor of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology ...

In the animal kingdom, survival is a constant battle, and sometimes, even the strongest predators pick the wrong opponent. In this video, we explore 11 incredible moments when animals found themselves ...

Until now, the Morganucodon had been considered the first mammal, with isolated teeth showing that it dated back around 205 million years. The Morganucodon had a small gerbil-like body and a long ...

A shrew-like creature that lived 225 million years ago is the oldest mammal ever identified. The world's oldest mammal has been identified using fossil dental records -- predating the previously ...