But now, the Pyrenean desman is one of the very last in its evolutionary line. Only this species, and a creature called the Russian desman (Desmana moschata), which is larger and furrier than its ...

The Pyrenean desman is also unique because it marks the 8,000th animal Sartore has photographed and added to the Photo Ark, his lifelong project to photograph at least 12,000 of Earth's species ...

Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus. A distinct (monotypic genus) semi-aquatic insectivorous mammal, restricted to streams in the Pyrenees/NW Iberia.Threatened by climate change; ...

Among them was the Pyrenean desman, a small semiaquatic mammal with a long snout found only in rivers in Andorra, France, Portugal and Spain, which was moved from "vulnerable" to "endangered" on ...

Plant diversity is very high and over 2,000 species have been recorded.Among the fauna, species of high value such as the Bearded Vulture, the Sarrius, the Pyrenean Frog, the Pyrenean Desman, the ...

And while the rest of the world sleeps, a team of scientists is wading knee-deep through the fast-flowing streams that cut through the Pyrenees. I've joined them on the trail of a creature that ...

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But the Pyrenean desman, with its bizarre looks and strange behaviour, ranks as one of Europe's weirdest animals. The small aquatic mammal is found in the mountains that border France and Spain ...