The tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed alive for the first time, according to the California Academy of Sciences.

There is something inherently appealing about finding an animal few have seen in the wild. This could be a “lost” species or ...

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Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years ...

Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic ...

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A group of young researchers captured and photographed the animal on a three-day expedition to the Eastern Sierra Nevada ...

According to the University of California, Berkeley, the Mount Lyell shrew was the only California mammal known to science ...

A rare species of shrew was just photographed in California for the first time in history in an exciting discovery for ...

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For more than 100 years, scientists have known about a shrew living in the mountains around Yosemite National Park. California designated it a "species of special concern," but nobody had seen it.

You can now feast your eyes on the mysterious and very elusive Mount Lyell Shrew. It's a shy little creature. In fact, this ...