Most spiders pose very little danger to humans, including the notorious noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis). But the half-inch predator does punch surprisingly far above its weight. According to a ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Scientists at University of Galway have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The new study, recently ...

The western pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal found in Montana. They live in the northwest and northeast corners of the state. Measuring only about 2- to 4-inches long, including their tail, the tiny ...

“There are more than 250 species of shrew worldwide. The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) pictured here is one of four shrew species known to inhabit Chautauqua County. Shrews are ...

Dave Tosh, from the School of Biological Sciences at Queens University, found the greater white-toothed shrew in Tipperary and Limerick while working with University College Cork and BirdWatch Ireland ...

Morphological and zoogeographical data indicate that North American pygmy shrews are referable to the Holarctic genus Sorex and to the Nearctic subgenus Microsorex Coues, 1877. Microsorex has its ...