Elephant shrews are neither elephants nor shrews, and are more closely related to aardvarks The Somali sengi, an elephant shrew that seemingly vanished the face of the Earth 52 years ago, has been ...
Two rare black and rufous elephant shrew have been born in the UK for the first time, but are so tiny they weren't initially spotted by zookeepers. Weighing just 30g at birth, roughly the same as a ...
The endangered golden-rumped elephant shrew has seen its population in a Kenyan forest reserve increase by 52% in a decade, upending researchers’ fears of extinction due to hunting and habitat loss.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 16 (UPI) --The Hertfordshire Zoo in England announced the births of two elephant shrew pups -- the very first of their ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cute snoots! Baby joy as Hertfordshire Zoo celebrates Britain's first ever elephant shrew births. The tiny elephant shrew has ...
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...
Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr. Petra Wester from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Her investigations show for the first time that the ...
The Smithsonians National Zoo now has a new baby giant elephant-shrew—also known as a sengi. Keepers at the Small Mammal House did not know it had been born until they saw three elephant-shrews in the ...
the grey-faced sengiAlthough enigmatic new species of insects are fairly common discoveries, many large animals have already made an appearance on the species list. Charismatic animals such as mammals ...