The reason we have artists is because they perceive things most of us don't—from the poignancy of unheard melodies on a Grecian urn to the story of America retold in the rise and fall of a newspaper ...

A species of shrew has been found in Ireland for the first time - after it was discovered it was featuring on an owl's menu. Scientists were alerted by the size of a skull found in food remains passed ...

Two post-graduate students have discovered a type of shrew never before seen in Ireland. It is the first time in 44 years that a new mammal species has been found in the country. The discovery was ...

Dave Tosh, from the School of Biological Sciences at Queens University, found the greater white-toothed shrew in Tipperary and Limerick while working with University College Cork and BirdWatch Ireland ...

The shrew and its parasites—even 40-year-old preserved ones—are the new indicators of environmental change, according to a Kansas State University researcher. Andrew Hope, Kansas State University ...

Scientists have been surprised by a variety of Irish shrew never seen on the Emerald Isle before. The mouse-sized creature is the first new mammal to be discovered in Ireland in 44 years. A researcher ...

Barely known and never seen, elephant shrews baffle even the zoologists. With their stilt-like legs and long mobile trunk, joined to the body of a large shrew with a golden bottom, they certainly ...