The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings. The creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa ...

The elephant shrew was this tiny ... the Arabuko Sokoke forest is the largest surviving coastal forest in East Africa. It covers an area of about 400 sq km and is composed of three distinctly ...

Big noses are often a way to compensate for poor senses elsewhere, but that’s not the case with the elephant shrew. This tiny ...

In Africa, an elephant shrew (known by its African name of 'sengi') spends its whole life on the run. Unlike most small mammals, it doesn’t have a burrow to shelter in, but instead constantly ...