Trail cameras have become useful instruments for monitoring at-risk species and tracking recovery work. These devices operate ...

The nose of this small rodent is yellowish orange, and thus another common name, the yellow-nosed vole. The rest of the body is yellowish to grayish brown above and silvery gray below. The ears ...

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 ...

Trapping is another option. Common snap traps set perpendicular to the vole runway, with the trigger in the runway, will ...

If you had to date a rodent, you’d want to choose a vole. With their furry little dad bods, voles are part of the small group of animals that form lifelong, monogamous relationships. Unfortunately for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

On her quest for a new home, the water vole encounters a body of water. In the cold waters beneath her, monsters lurk. Filming The Life of a Matchstick-Sized Chameleon Filmmakers follow the ...