Tree shrews have emerged as versatile and practical models in biomedical research due to their unique phylogenetic proximity to primates, manageable size, rapid reproduction, and cost-effective ...

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is welcoming two new residents. Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Wednesday that two northern tree shrew pups were born on Jan. 13. Their birth marks the first ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Welcome to the world! On Jan. 13, 2025, Potter Park Zoo welcomed two Tupaia belangeri, or northern tree shrew pups, marking this the first successful litter from parents Caper ...

An energetic, squirrel-like critter with a penchant for spicy food recently gave birth to two pups at a Michigan zoo. Caper and Katherine are northern tree shrews, small mammals native to Southeast ...

Tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a promising experimental animal in biomedical research, but the equivalent doses of drugs between tree shrew and human and other animals has not been explored, which ...

In the rain forest of Malaysia, scientists have found a small mammal, closely related to primates, whose major source of food is a type of beer. It's believed to be the only animal other than humans ...