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 ...

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 ...

It’s a well-known fact that all mammals have hair, an evolutionary advantage helping to keep the temperature of our warm-blooded bodies constant. But not all mammal hair is created equal. I can tell ...

An energetic, squirrel-like critter with a penchant for spicy food recently gave birth to two pups at a Michigan zoo. Caper and Katherine are northern tree shrews, small mammals native to Southeast ...

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, ...

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When Jennifer Callaghan started her tenure at the Urban Ecology Center as an intern in 2006, her first assignment was to document shrews living in Riverside Park. The problem: there were no shrews, ...