The latest and greatest news about shrews 2026-05-11T00:00:00Z https://shrews.news/ Your Name 2026-05-11T00:00:00Z https://shrews.news/blog/shrews-caravan-cruise/ <p><strong>Shrewfact:</strong> Shrew babies travel shrewdly in caravans by forming a line behind their mother, each grabbing the shrew in front with their teeth.</p> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AI4xu1rOpLc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <h2 id="sources">Sources</h2> <ul> <li>Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8, St. Louis: W.B. Saunders, pp. 275–281, doi:10.1016/b978-1-4557-7397-8.00034-7, ISBN 978-1-4557-7397-8</li> <li>D'Agostino, Jennifer (2015-01-01), Miller, R. Eric; Fowler, Murray E. (eds.), <a href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9781455773978000347">Chapter 34 - Insectivores (Insectivora, Macroscelidea, Scandentia)</a></li> </ul> 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z https://shrews.news/blog/shrink-dem-brains/ <h1 id="news-shrunk-shrews">News: shrunk shrews</h1> <p>While shrews do not hibernate, some shrews can shrink their brain, heart, and bones to lose between 30% to 50% of their weight in the winter!</p> <h2 id="citations">Citations</h2> <p>Churchfield S (January 1990). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=z-XJ-UzdwIgC&amp;q=seasonal+weight+changes+overwintering&amp;pg=PA44">The natural history of shrews</a>. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2595-0.</p> 2026-05-09T00:00:00Z https://shrews.news/blog/first-shrews/ <h2 id="a-group-of-shrews">A group of shrews...</h2> <p>... is called a &quot;whisker&quot; 😭</p> <p>In other shrews news, shrews.news is going live for the first time! We're celebrating with shrews booze.</p>