Pygmy shrew population in Ireland threatened by invasion of greater white-toothed shrew
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
An invading species of shrew first discovered in Ireland in the pellets of barn owls and kestrels in 2007 is spreading across the landscape at a rate of more than five kilometres a year, according to findings published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.