See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. According to new research, shrews change their size in accordance with ...

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 ...

Most mammals take one of two approaches to survive the winter: they either hibernate, slowing their bodies to a near standstill, or they bulk up with extra fat to burn when food runs low. Then there’s ...

In the Maine woodlands there are vicious, violent, savage mammals. I’m happy to say that these are small mammals — not lions nor wolves. Two such mammals are the short-tailed weasel (in winter called ...

Right now, as autumn descends upon the Northern Hemisphere, many animals are preparing for the frigid and lean winter months. Bears are going through a serious bulking phase. Hares and stoats are ...

What can be learned from a shrew — the tiny, furry, high-strung creature that needs to eat the equivalent of its body weight in food every day to survive? More than you might expect, including ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 1917, Joel Asaph Allen examined an innocuous species of shrew from the Congo Basin and made a remarkable discovery: the shrew’s spine was unlike ...