If you’re not a biologist, the Mount Lyell shrew looks similar to other shrews that occupy the Sierra Nevada. It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size, it’s not ...

It was finally ready for its close-up. The rare Mount Lyell shrew was recently photographed for the first time by a group of college students. The pointy-nosed, beady-eyed, greyish-brown creature that ...

The Mt. Lyell shrew, a mouse-like mammal that lives in the central Sierra Nevada, has never been photographed in the 100 years since it was discovered. It took three industrious college students to ...

(CNN) — Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured. Not a single Mount Lyell shrew ...

A palm-sized mammal that lives underground in California has been caught alive on camera for the first time. Three undergraduate students came up with an idea to capture the elusive Mount Lyell shrew, ...

Three university students have photographed what may be the most elusive mammal on the planet. In October last year, the determined researchers ventured into the mountains of Sierra Nevada in ...

An endemic and elusive Catalina Island shrew was spotted by wildlife conservationists for the first time in more than 15 years, it was announced Wednesday. The mouse-like creature with a long snout, ...