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 ...

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 ...

Researchers may have discovered a previously unknown species of the giant elephant shrew -- a small mammal with a nose like a trunk -- in a remote Kenyan forest. They said on Tuesday they captured ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

It may look like a mouse, but it’s actually related to an elephant. Meet the adorable Etendeka round-eared sengi, a newly discovered species of “elephant shrew” that lives in an isolated part of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A path through Arabuko Sokoke [Jayne Rose Gacheri, Standard] I arrived at Mnarani, Kilifi ...

Sporting a trunk-like nose and a jet-black rump, a new species of a bizarre furry mammal was caught on film as it scuttled along a forest floor in Tanzania. Researchers first sighted the ...

Because of its size and shape, this rust-colored creature resembles a rat. But it really shouldn’t be referred to as a such, given that elephant shrews — which are different from true shrews — aren’t ...

For more than 50 years, the mouse-size Somali sengi was thought to be a lost species. Turns out, it wasn't. Researchers recently spotted the Somali sengi, a kind of elephant shrew, not in Somalia — ...

Scientists working in the Horn of Africa have documented the existence of a remarkable little mammal called the Somali elephant shrew – or Somali sengi – for the first time since the 1970s. While ...

(Reuters) - A new mammal discovered in the remote desert of western Africa resembles a long-nosed mouse in appearance but is more closely related genetically to elephants, a California scientist who ...

Sporting dark red thighs and a black behind, a two-foot-long (0.6-meter-long) elephant shrew recently spotted in Kenya may be a new species, scientists say. If confirmed, the colorful creature would ...