Elephant shrews are neither elephants nor shrews, and are more closely related to aardvarks Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern ...

The National Zoo's Small Mammal House is home to two baby black and rufous giant elephant-shrews—also known as sengis. Newborn elephant-shrews stay hidden away in nests built by their parents for 21 ...

A furry mammal with a trunk-like nose was caught scampering about in a remote African forest. This elephant shrew, a large one, is likely a new species. Conservationists studying the biodiversity of ...

Behold the giant elephant shrew, an African mammal about the size of a kitten. It has a long, ratlike tail, a fetching auburn coat and a long, twitching nose that makes it look like an anteater. Our ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. 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 ...