The Toronto Zoo says one of its endangered pygmy hippos is expecting a calf this summer. Kindia, Toronto’s very own “Moo Deng,” is a 20-year-old female pygmy hippopotamus living in the zoo’s African ...

It has the body of a mouse, the snout of an anteater, and the poor vision of a mole, and it's creating tunnels and holes in your lawn. I'm talking, of course, about the shrew. This tiny mammal doesn't ...

John O’Connell is directing his “swan song” production before retirement as dean of Purdue University Fort Wayne’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. “The Taming of the Shrew: The March for the ...

A baby pygmy hippopotamus born in metro Phoenix a few weeks ago could compete for cuteness with the Thai zoo pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, who went viral in 2024. The baby pygmy hippo was born at the ...

Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get through it. This is a metabolic process that enables shrews to conserve ...

“Shrews have adapted incredible mechanisms for survival,” she said. They’re even equipped with scent glands on their sides that emit a “repulsive odor” to repel many predators, she added. A cat, ...

What is it about William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” that attracts progressive, feminist directors who hope to tame its inherently violent sexism and then spend their entire show fighting ...

Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence. Introduced black rats and their ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out ...

It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on ...