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This Tiny And Elusive Shrew Species Was Just Captured On Camera For The Very First Time
The Mount Lyell shrew, a tiny mammal that lives high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, was first described 100 years ago, but ...
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As Shrew Like It: Elusive Californian Mammal Photographed For First Time
There is something inherently appealing about finding an animal few have seen in the wild. This could be a “lost” species or ...
Elusive Californian mammal captured on camera for first time ever
Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic ...
Rare Mammal Captured on Camera for the First Time
A rare species of shrew was just photographed in California for the first time in history in an exciting discovery for ...
Life’s building blocks discovered in asteroid dust
This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...
Alabama town’s name attached to highly lethal new virus
When Auburn researchers discovered a new henipavirus in a local shrew, they named it after the small Tallapoosa County town ...
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An elusive mammal never before caught on film has finally been photographed
A momentous moment for the wildlife world was captured on camera after a live Mount Lyell shrew was photographed.
Alabama university at forefront of new virus discovery
Researchers at Auburn University are part of a team that has discovered a new virus in North America. The virus, identified ...
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3 undergraduate students have taken the first photograph of the Mount Lyell shrew
For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a shrew living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California designated it a "species of special concern," but nobody had seen it.