Researchers have discovered the world’s largest shrew in a remote part of Tanzania where a trove on previously unknown species have been recorded in the past few years. The species is more than a ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Hopping around the forests and savannas of Africa, the lovable elephant shrews have stolen many a heart. Now, a team of researchers have finally resolved a long-standing suspicion within the sengi ...

When Francesco Rovero first saw the image captured by one of his automatic cameras in a remote Tanzanian forest, he knew he'd never seen anything quite like it. It was the size of a small dog, covered ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

SAN FRANCISCO (January 16, 2008) — Although there is unquestionably much left to be discovered about life on Earth, charismatic animals like mammals are usually well documented, and it is rare to find ...

BOISE -- The population of Zoo Boise got a little bigger recently after the births of a wallaby and a giant elephant shrew. The baby shrew was born March 15 to parents Polaris and Havok, and has ...

Charismatic and cuddly new species aren't often discovered in a world so mapped, traveled and studied -- so give a warm welcome to Rhynchocyon udzungwensis, the latest member of the elephant shrew ...