The neurotoxic saliva of the short-tailed shrew is a unique adaptation among North American mammals. Its poisonous bite is a result of secretions of the submaxillary glands which contain enough toxin ...

All predators of small mammals take deer mice. Some of these are hawks, owls, snakes, short-tailed shrews, foxes, minks, weasels, bobcats and coyotes. Choate, J. R. 1973. Identification and recent ...

Pest controllers have been called to University Hospital Waterford 80 times in the past three years in response to ...

The animal is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand A little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been ... species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite ...

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal. Today, 95 percent of its former one-million-acre wetland and ...

Generally, mice are light brown to black and have a white belly. However, it's very easy to confuse them with other pests, ...

Among the gym-going wild mice were rats, shrews, frogs and even a slug attempting a slow ride on the wheel.

The Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one of nine subspecies of ornate shrew occurring in the United States, and one of eight in California. Its lower-elevation wetland habitat is entirely surrounded ...