LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is welcoming two new residents. Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Wednesday that two northern tree shrew pups were born on Jan. 13. Their birth marks the first ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Welcome to the world! On Jan. 13, 2025, Potter Park Zoo welcomed two Tupaia belangeri, or northern tree shrew pups, marking this the first successful litter from parents Caper ...

A preliminary biological survey of the remote Cordillera del Cóndor revealed a new species of northern shrew-opossum (Caenolestes), the fourth species known from the northern Andes. The new form is ...

When one thinks of venomous animals that might be lurking in the darkness, the furry and kind of cute northern short-tailed shrew is definitely not the type of creature that comes to mind. However, ...

While shoveling out the driveway from the snow this past weekend I noticed tiny raised “bulges” of snow zigzagging across my yard. I immediately chalked these up to mice tunneling their way under the ...