Occasionally, masked shrews kill and consume small animals such as salamanders and nestling birds. Small, soft seeds may form part of the winter diet. A masked shrew requires large quantities of food ...

that a shrew catches and immediately severs with its sharp teeth, and then swallows. However, the diet also include vertebrates much larger than itself such as mice, young hares and rabbits, nestling ...

Shrews spend much of their life underground ... farther up the food chain who may inadvertently eat them, such as birds of ...

Newly published research from UNC Greensboro biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean and colleagues shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains ...

Newly published research shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its body and braincase to conserve energy during winter months.

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal. Today, 95 percent of its former one-million-acre wetland and ...

Shrews won’t usually choose birdseed or pet food as a primary food source, but they will go after it if their preferred ...

Newly published research from UNC Greensboro biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean and colleagues shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its ...

In the world of mammals, there may be no more cantankerous cuss than the Asian musk shrew. Mice? C'mon, they've got Mickey. Rats? Actually quite lovable when you get to know them. Humans?

Dr. Bryan McLean and undergraduate Leo Ivey in the biology department use UNCG's Micro-CT scanner to image masked shrews, a small insectivorous mammal from western North Carolina and widespread in ...