A recent study investigated the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland.

If you’re not a biologist, the Mount Lyell shrew looks similar to other shrews that occupy the Sierra Nevada. It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size ...

Police in Sutton have arrested a man after he was accused of attempting to engage in sexual relations with a minor.Rizwan Baig, 45, of Shrewsbury, was arraigned in Uxbridge District Court on ...

There has been some downbeat episodes of the podcast this season - but the latest is far from it. Ollie and Jonny reflect on a famous night for Salop at the Croud Meadow, as they got one over on ...

Karen Wils photo A little vole pops up in his tunnel in the snow on a sunny January day. ESCANABA — Squeak, squeak, squeak — mouse, vole and shrew all hidden snug and warm beneath a quilt of white ...

The veteran striker struck in the 17th and 48th minutes - tucking home the second after his penalty had been saved - to secure Shrews victory after high-flying Wrexham had equalised through Steven ...

Pygmy seahorses, about the size of a fingernail, are some of the smallest vertebrates in the world. First discovered in 1969, little was known about the creatures. But in the early 2000s ...

From left, DPMMR’s Art Cooper, Juli Goldstein and Steve McCulloch bring a struggling pygmy killer whale to shore. DEB JOHNSON/Contributed Marine mammal responders mobilized for the report of a ...

I asked the fortune teller as she gazed inquisitively at my hand like a diligent museum curator carefully examining the tiny paw of a stuffed Eurasian pygmy shrew. She didn’t get much from my ...

The public is finally able to see the new endangered pygmy hippo in person at a Virginia zoo. According to officials at Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, mother Iris and her female calf returned to ...

The new baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December is now on view at the zoo, according to officials. The newborn, who has yet to be named, can be seen at Hippo ...