There’s a reason the few photos available of the Sherman’s short-tailed shrew are of dead ones: That may be the only kind left or, they may never have existed at all. If they did, the only place on ...

One of Virginia's most common mammals is the northern short-tailed shrew. You've probably never heard of this animal, and you may never have seen one. Like many small mammals, shrews spend much of ...

There’s a reason the few photos available of the Sherman’s short-tailed shrew are of dead ones: That may be the only kind left or, they may never have existed at all. If they did, the only place on ...

So I’m watching the birds at the feeder, and suddenly a little black animal dashes out of the ivy, grabs a sunflower seed, and hightails it back into cover. A short-tailed shrew! Blarina brevicauda, ...