The Pyrenean desman is one of the very last in an evolutionary line And eventually, we strike lucky: inside one of the traps, a glint of grey catches in the beam of a torch.

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 in ...

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

The Pyrenean desman – a semiaquatic mammal related to moles, with a long sensitive nose and large webbed feet, and found only in rivers in Andorra, France, Portugal and Spain – has also seen ...

Russian desman numbers are estimated at just 35,000. Spearheading the "Save the Russian desman" campaign, Nelli Zaripova said the image of the desman - called vykhukhol in Russian - also needed a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...