Elephant shrews are neither elephants nor shrews, and are more closely related to aardvarks Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...

Hopping around the forests and savannas of Africa, the lovable elephant shrews have stolen many a heart. Now, a team of researchers have finally resolved a long-standing suspicion within the sengi ...

The elephant shrew lives! That's the good news from scientists today as field researchers announced the rediscovery of the Somali sengi, a species that has been missing for 50 years. Thanks to a tip ...

Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to new research. Investigations show for the first time that the elephant-shrew, Elephantulus edwardii, licks the nectar of ...

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A furry mammal with a trunk-like nose was caught scampering about in a remote African forest. This elephant shrew, a large one, is likely a new species. Conservationists studying the biodiversity of ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute celebrated several births recently. During the past several weeks, 31 new residents have been born, many of which were endangered ...

For over 50 years, the Somali sengi (or elephant shrew) has been considered a "lost species" — until now. The furry, mouse-sized creature with a trunk-like nose is still very much alive, according to ...

When Francesco Rovero first saw the image captured by one of his automatic cameras in a remote Tanzanian forest, he knew he'd never seen anything quite like it. It was the size of a small dog, covered ...

Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr. Petra Wester from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Her investigations show for the first time that the ...

For more than 50 years, the mouse-size Somali sengi was thought to be a lost species. Turns out, it wasn't. Researchers recently spotted the Somali sengi, a kind of elephant shrew, not in Somalia — ...