Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years since the mammal was discovered.

“For every photo that we got in focus, we must have 10 or 20 photos where the shrew is running out of the frame,” says Jain to Sabrina Imbler at Defector. They took tissue samples from the ...

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 ...

"The hardest part of getting the photos was one, they're incredibly fast cuz they're always running around," Subramanyan told CBS News. The Mount Lyell shrew was captured in a photo for the first ...

"The hardest part of getting the photos was one, they're incredibly fast cuz they're always running around," Subramanyan told CBS News. Another reason the Mount Lynell shrews had never been ...

The trio set up a white background on the bottom of the box that held the shrew and glass on the top so they could take the photos, according to the news outlet. The Mt. Lyell shrew was known to ...

Mount Lyell shrews were first described a century ago ... means much more than just getting some cute photos. "If we look at the extinction crisis and the types of animals it’s impacting ...

After learning that the Mount Lyell shrew was the only California mammal that had never been photographed alive, they made it their mission to track down the creature and snap some pictures.

They captured a couple of shrews in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and took a few photos before setting the creatures free. Shrews have to eat frequently to stay alive due to their high ...