The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year. Did you imagine a rattlesnake? For a long time, ...

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A once-abundant native species has been declared extinct in Australia after decades without a trace, raising urgent questions ...

The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...

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What can be learned from a shrew — the tiny, furry, high-strung creature that needs to eat the equivalent of its body weight in food every day to survive? More than you might expect, including ...

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The Christmas Island shrew, the only shrew species native to Australia, has been officially declared extinct. This small mammal, once endemic to the isolated Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, has ...

Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence. Introduced black rats and their ...