Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

A vole's burrow entrance. (Jack Kelly Clark/UC Statewide IPM Program) Show Caption. 1 of 6. ... The most common pests in the home landscape and garden are voles, moles and gophers.

The best way to prevent moles and voles from harming your landscape is by being able to accurately identify them.

Holes dug by rats are easily confused with vole or chipmunk burrows; however, rat holes measure about 2.5 to 3.5-inches wide and have notably smooth walls from frequent use.

Skunks are primarily insectivores, so they dig for their dinners. A common sign of skunks is the presence of 1 to 3-inch cone-shaped holes all over your lawn where skunks have foraged for grubs and ...

Scientists recently found an example of evolution in real time, tucked away in the collection drawers of the Field Museum in ...

Their main burrow entrance is 10 to 12-inch diameter hole with burrow systems that are 30 feet in length. They’re active during the day. Here’s how to manage groundhogs ...

The Duchy of Cornwall said it released 80 water voles in the River Fowey at Restormel. The rodents, which are the fastest-declining mammal in England , were declared extinct in the region in the ...

Vole-unteers can choose from more 700 pre-selected riverbanks and streams or register their own location. They are asked to record signs of water vole presence such as droppings, burrows ...

Yet, in our twelve years of conducting observations on hundreds of squirrels we had never observed any incidents of vole hunting before this summer.” A California vole. CREDIT: Sonja Wild, UC Davis.

"Water voles are important mini-ecosystem engineers," he said. "Their existence impacts soil and plant biodiversity around their burrows and riverbanks. "They move nutrients around, ...

Vole-unteers can choose from more 700 pre-selected riverbanks and streams or register their own location. They are asked to record signs of water vole presence such as droppings, burrows ...