Rare species of bees, voles and dormice are among the creatures earmarked for protection in a new environmental plan. North ...

For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many ...

By Shanna Hanbury After more than a decade studying California ground squirrels, Jennifer Smith felt she had a solid ...

From voracious vermin to destructive insects, pest issues are pretty much inevitable in any garden. Left unchecked, these ...

The eyes are small; the ears short and nearly hidden by the fur surrounding them. Characters useful in distinguishing this species from other Adirondack voles include fur color and texture, and tail ...

Provided by Professor Janet Foley of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine. There are only a few hundred Amargosa voles left in the world with an 85% chance of going extinct over the next 10 years if intensive ...

Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

JoAnne Skelly is Associate Professor & Extension Educator, Emerita University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.

University of Idaho Extension educators are surveying southern and eastern Idaho potato farmers to document the scope of their problems with mouse-like rodents known as voles. Extension educators ...

Usually found across riverbanks in Wales, water voles have now taken up habitat in the valleys, which could help prevent their local extinction. Robert Parry, chief executive of the Initiative for ...