A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole. A new tool to ...

When you see damage to your trees, shrubs, roots, or bulbs, you might initially blame rabbits or other small rodents. However, it’s equally possible that voles—commonly known as “meadow mice”—are to ...

As part of its attempts to arrest the decline in water voles in the United Kingdom over the past few decades, the Canal and River Trust is installing wooden ramps for the benefit of a small colony ...

NATIONAL treasure ‘Ratty’ needs urgent help to survive... A new analysis of data collected over ten years by a network of experts led by The Wildlife Trusts has revealed that water vole distribution ...

The vital role of oxytocin -- the 'love hormone' -- for social attachments is being called into question. More than forty years of pharmacological and behavioral research has pointed to oxytocin ...

Voles are herbivores that cause garden damage by eating plant materials such as flowers, ornamentals, bulbs, and the bark of trees. Effective vole control includes keeping grass mowed, minimizing ...

If you're an avid gardener, then you've probably encountered a vole or two. Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) are two of the most common varieties in ...

I wouldn’t have thought we’ve had enough snow yet to establish a true subnivean zone — the magical realm that forms under the snow each winter allowing mice, voles and shrews protection from both the ...

These furry rodents can wreak havoc on your garden. When you see damage to your trees, shrubs, roots, or bulbs, you might ...