After more than twenty years without any sightings, the Mount Lyell shrew, a small and elusive mammal, has finally been captured in images by passionate students. This discovery marks a ...

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You can now feast your eyes on the mysterious and very elusive Mount Lyell Shrew. It's a shy little creature. In fact, this is the first time this creature has ever been photographed alive before.

She then undertook a PhD in ecology, studying water shrew (Neomys fodiens) distribution and habitat selection. Anna is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a winner of the Vice-Chancellor's ...

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Mount Lyell shrews were first described a century ago, but they hadn't been seen in 20 years and were the only known California mammal never photographed alive. The animal is found in a small ...