A conservation team has confirmed sightings of Britain's fastest-declining mammal, the water vole, in a river's catchment ...

Last week I mentioned a few critters that can cause plant damage when we have snow-cover for a period. According to predicted temperatures for next week, it looks like the snow might be around a bit ...

How do a fully sequenced genome, microbiomics, and intensive population genetics help save a critically endangered mammal? Provided by Professor Janet Foley of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine. There are ...

Is it a mouse, a shrew or a vole? Gardeners seem to be overrun with them this year. So, how do you tell the difference? And how do you keep their numbers down? Mice are commonly attracted to the ...

The Sonoma tree vole (Arborimus pomo) may not be as famous as the honey badger or the bald eagle, but this small creature holds its own unique charm. Hidden among the giants of Northern California’s ...

The crystal-clear water races over the stones, a heron cries and the smell of wild mint rises on the warm air. But there is one thing missing from this bucolic scene: the telltale swish of the reeds ...

Several environmental groups are challenging the federal government’s determination that red tree voles in Oregon do not warrant threatened or endangered status. The Center for Biological Diversity ...

Ground squirrels and voles take tiny bites from soybean fields. The slow bleed over successive seasons is often considered part of the cost of farming, particularly in no-till ground. But, more ...

Wicket, a black Labrador mix, zigzagged through a hillside of ferns, nose to ground, and abruptly sat down near a tangled thicket, a clear signal that she had found something important. Could it be, ...

Water voles are said to be Britain's fastest declining mammal Volunteers are being sought to survey river banks as part of ongoing efforts to save Britain's fastest declining mammal. The People's ...

Farmers can help researchers devise a battle plan for a relentless pest as part of Oregon State University’s upcoming “vole summit” in Salem, Ore. The summit, which is scheduled for Aug. 29, is meant ...