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 ...

The never-before-pictured Mount Lyell shrew was photographed alive for the first time in November by three young researchers, Vishal Subramanyan, 22, Prakrit Jain, 20, and Harper Forbes ...

According to the University of California, Berkeley, the Mount Lyell shrew was the only California mammal known to science that hadn’t been caught on camera. That changed when three young ...

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 ...

If you’re not a biologist, the Mount Lyell shrew looks similar to other shrews that occupy the Sierra Nevada. It’s a small, grayish brown mammal with a pointy nose. Aside from its size ...

But the snaps weren't taken by professional researchers or wildlife photographers; instead, a band of three local students led the way in capturing the Mount Lyell shrew. Mount Lyell shrews were ...