Voles are rodents that are closer in size and shape to hamsters than they are to the similarly sounding moles. These rodents are a common sight throughout North America, but some people ascribe a mole ...

If you’ve never actually seen a vole, that’s not surprising. The 7-inch-long rodent also known as a meadow mouse is rather shy and spends most of its time underground. They are also easily mistaken ...

Okay, I admit it, voles are cute. With their small pudgy bodies and short tails, they look like undersized, feral hamsters, to whom they are related. But whereas hamsters are house pets, voles roam ...

Mounds of dirt or damaged plants may mean moles or voles Find out how to tell which pest is ruining your lawn.

There is hope a diet change for an endangered mammal can help smooth the transition between captivity and the wild. Water voles were a common sight at the start of the 20th Century and inspired the ...

I can bet big bucks on getting several questions about vole damage this spring after all our snow melts away and lawns again become the center of attention. This is because accumulations like we have ...

Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden. Insects and wildlife have to eat, of course, and when we lay out a veritable buffet, who can blame them for gorging ...

We think of squirrels as adorably harmless creatures, admiring their bushy tails and twitchy little noses and the way they cram their cheeks with nuts or seeds to bring back to their nests for later.

Q. When the snow melted from our last big event, I noticed what looked like trails running across my lawn. They began from a field near my property and led to a mulched area and groundcovers near my ...