It has a nose like a cute little piglet's, ears that only a mother could love and teeth that would make Dracula run in fear: This odd-looking rodent captured researchers' attention when they ...

The Hog-nosed shrew rat (Hyorhinomys stuempkei) is a carnivorous rodent discovered by a team of scientists from Louisiana State University’s Museum Victoria and the Australia’s Museum Victoria.

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

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), ...

New species of rat with 'curiously long pubic hair' discovered: Hog-nosed shrew's fur may act like whiskers to map terrain The rodent was discovered by mammologists from Museum Victoria ...

A creepy, crawly video of tiny critters holding each other's tails and scurrying across the ground like a furry centipede has captured the internet's attention. At least two commenters got the animal ...

An elongated snout is a common feature of various shrew species, many of which look like long-nosed mice externally, though shrews are not classified as rodents.

The rare Mount Lyell shrew — a pointy-nosed, beady-eyed, greyish-brown creature that is native to the Sierra Nevada region — was recently photographed for the first time by a group of college ...

The mouse-size Somali sengi — a kind of elephant shrew with a pointy nose and large, adorable eyes — was thought to be a lost species. Researchers recently spotted the creature in Djibouti.

Star-nosed moles breathe air bubbles back through their nostrils to smell underwater Some mammals are able to smell under water, a new study reveals. High speed video footage shows that the star ...

But like most shrew rats, the hog-nosed rat does have a long, narrow skull, which Esselstyn said likely evolved to somehow heighten the animal's sense of smell and enable it to better sniff things ...