Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

I had a chance to photograph a very interesting animal – the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea). Also called ermine, the short-tailed weasel is a tiny bundle of energy wrapped ...

While the function of the toxin is not clearly known, it probably serves to immobilize small animals and stun larger ones. A major part of the diet of the short-tailed shrew consists of small ...

A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, ...