The Mt. Lyell shrew, a mouse-like mammal that lives in the central Sierra Nevada, has never been photographed in the 100 years since it was discovered. It took three industrious college students to ...

Aaah! Warm nights and warmer days! Slender daffodil shoots sliver up through the flower bed earth, and pierce through the snow-flattened, brown grass. Buds bead up the bare branches of bushes and ...

For decades, scientists have relied on evidence that showed mice as the main source of Lyme disease in the Northeast. That may still be true in many places. But on Martha’s Vineyard, the top culprit ...

The mountains of the Philippines are one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Inch for inch, these misty cloud forests are home to more unique species of mammals per square mile than anywhere ...

Among Adirondack mammals, pygmy shrews hold several records. Some adults weigh only 2-3 g (0.11 oz) and thus are the smallest mammals in the world. This species is also one of the rarest, with only ...