The tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed alive for the first time, according to the California Academy of Sciences. Is US safer from guns? Start the day smarter ☀️ Science of ...

One of the shyest animals in the region is the Mount Lyell shrew. As Smithsonian reports, the tiny mammal was finally caught on camera for the first time since it was identified about 100 years ago.

High up in the Sierra Nevada, the tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been shying away from cameras since it was first identified almost 100 years ago. Despite being a documented species, it was the only ...

California even designated it a species of special concern. But nobody had ever seen the Mount Lyell shrew. VISHAL SUBRAMANYAN: There's never actually been even a confirmed sighting of the shrew ...