Australia declares extinction of the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), the country's last native shrew species.

It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared ...

Tens of millions of red crabs are making their annual migration to the ocean on Christmas Island. The island's 1,200 human ...