LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is welcoming two new residents. Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Wednesday that two northern ...
They took tissue samples from the animals for genetic testing at the California Academy of Sciences to confirm they’d caught the right shrew. The team also trapped three other species of shrew ...
Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured.
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 ...
As well as the Mount Lyell shrew, the team also captured individuals from three other shrew species. They collected photographs, measurements, and samples to confirm the identity of the species.
But it was worth it. Over the course of their three-day expedition, the young researchers succeeded in capturing four different species of shrew: the vagrant shrew, montane shrew, Merriam’s ...