One of Virginia's most common mammals is the northern short-tailed shrew. You've probably never heard of this animal, and you may never have seen one. Like many small mammals, shrews spend much of ...

After a colder-than-normal November and a mild December, the first half of January has acted like January. With consistent nocturnal readings of subzero, we recorded an average of several degrees ...

This grey-black to blackish-brown shrew with a pointed, down-drooping nose averages 147-157 mm (5.8-6.2 in) in length, and is the longest of the Adirondack shrews. It weighs 10-17 g (0.35-0.60 oz), ...

So I’m watching the birds at the feeder, and suddenly a little black animal dashes out of the ivy, grabs a sunflower seed, and hightails it back into cover. A short-tailed shrew! Blarina brevicauda, ...

Somewhere not far from where you sit now, let's say within 100 yards, there is likely to be a fellow mammal with a heart racing at the speed of 20 beats per second and a respiration rate of 12.5 ...