Short-tailed shrews entering water, or as more likely, swept by flooding, may be eaten by fish, e.g., the stomach of a 71 cm (28 in) northern pike taken from Rich Lake, Essex Co., October 4, 1986, ...

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur ... The masked shrew has the largest range of any North American shrew ...

This strain is called Camp Hill, named for the place near Auburn, Alabama, where four infected northern short-tailed shrews were caught in 2021. “The discovery of a henipavirus in North America ...

The Camp Hill virus was detected in northern short-tailed shrews, a small mammal that is commonly found in the U.S. and Canada, according to the press release. Queensland researchers plan to work ...

What comes to mind? Crocodiles? Cobras? Tigers? You might not think to flee at the sight of this Northern short-tailed shrew. And that would be a mistake. These tiny guys can take down prey over ...

The northern short-tailed shrew is common in bushy woodlands and bogs, typically in Southern Canada and the Eastern and Central US. Much of their habitat overlaps with where humans live ...

A recently identified example of the latter is the Camp Hill Virus (CHV), named after its discovery site in Camp Hill, Alabama. The virus was isolated from the northern short-tailed shrew, a small ...