A shrew caught by a cat in Sunderland has proved to be the first of its species to be found in Britain. The Great White-toothed shrew, which has an uncanny resemblance to the TV Clangers characters, ...

A small, round body, a fine, pointed nose, and fluffy fur–visually, the water shrew looks quite harmless, just like a typical Central European shrew. However, it is actually one of the few venomous ...

Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The pygmy shrew -- a protected mammal -- was captured ...

HOW did North-East-born actor Tom Berish take to spending all his time in bed for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest version of The Taming Of The Shrew? The RSC’s latest young recruit laughs ...