Meadow vole populations peak at 2-5 year intervals. Climate, behavior, density, predators, and food quality are factors determining population levels. Population studies in various parts of the range ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s worth of chipmunk and vole specimens from Chicago, researchers discovered ...

I am not quite sure whether I began by watching the water-voles, or whether it was the water-voles that began by watching me.

Meadow voles will create well-defined 11/2- to 2-inch-wide surface runways through the turf as they forage for food. These runways are easy to see when snow melts away in late winter and early spring.

Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) had been busy creating paths from the garden to the compost pile to the bird feeders then over to the chicken coop as well as other less obvious destinations.

Meadow voles construct nest cavities of dry grass 6-8 inches in diameter, which are usually located on the surface of the ground or under old boards, discarded metal, logs, or other such cover. Some ...

If you're finding holes and damage in your garden, meadow voles may be the culprit. Learn how to get rid of voles using our pest expert's advice.

This slender vole has relatively prominent, rounded ears, and long coarse fur, buffy to yellowish gray on the sides and silvery gray on the underparts of the body.

Meadow voles — Alaska has two kinds, red back and meadow voles — often live in packs. Their traffic, their tunnel clearing and, frankly, the day-to-day living events are what causes your lawn ...

The woodland and the meadow vole also differ in their dining habits. Both are active burrowers, making nests underground, but woodland voles also rely on burrowing to eat tubers, bulbs and roots, ...

Meadow voles construct nest cavities of dry grass 6-8 inches in diameter, which are usually located on the surface of the ground or under old boards, discarded metal, logs, or other such cover. Some ...