The Mount Lyell shrew, a tiny mammal that lives high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, was first described 100 years ago, but the elusive creature had never been photographed alive. So, in November 2024 ...

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You can now feast your eyes on the mysterious and very elusive Mount Lyell Shrew. It's a shy little creature. In fact, this is the first time this creature has ever been photographed alive before.

A rare species of shrew was just photographed in California for the first time in history in an exciting discovery for natural science. But the snaps weren't taken by professional researchers or ...

Not a single Mount Lyell shrew had ever been photographed alive before, making them the only known mammal species in California to have eluded human cameras, according to the California Academy of ...

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(CNN) — Momentarily pausing after eating some mealworms, an elusive shrew’s long snout pointed skywards, unaware of the historic portrait that had just been captured. Not a single Mount Lyell ...