{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"shrews-exhibit-reversible-size-changes-in-their-skulls-and-noses-to-get-through--ac37f3e6","title":"Shrews exhibit reversible size changes in their skulls and noses to get through the winter","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-08-shrews-reversible-size-skulls-noses.html","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/shrews-exhibit-reversible-size-changes-in-their-skulls-and-noses-to-get-through--ac37f3e6","sourceName":"Phys.org","summary":"Scientists had previously observed that some species of shrews undergo a form of biological plasticity in which their bodies, skulls, brains and some organs shrink in the winter, then regrow in the spring. Now, a new study in Japan, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, has taken a closer look at this phenomenon and found that shrews' snouts exhibit an inverse effect, growing and then shrinking again.","category":"Science","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-19T15:40:05+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-19T16:00:13.571875+00:00"}}