The Eurasian common shrew reduces its brain and organs by up to 20 percent each winter, then regrows them using genetic switches.

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 ...

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Author John Lednicky’s cat Pepper and its prey helped discover yet another new strain of virus. Credit: John Lednicky When a Florida virologist’s cat brought home a dead shrew, no one expected it to ...