I GOT INTO the environmental restoration business by accident. After military tours at sea and in Iraq as a Marine grunt and sniper, I demobilized back to Salt Lake City, where my family had relocated ...

Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these promising conservation programs save them? A water vole (Arvicola ...

During the Colorado winter, voles, a small herbivorous rodent that lives underground, take advantage of snow-covered lawns to hide from predators. But when the snow melts, the tiny creatures can ...

Diane Birdsall has been watching black-capped chickadees sip drops of snowmelt from the edge of the roof. Bright sunshine and ...

A policy to control invasive minks in Leicestershire and Rutland in a bid to protect water vole populations has been approved. On Friday, Leicestershire County Council's cabinet passed the plan to ...

Sagebrush act as natural snow fences, holding moisture that allows for regeneration of plants come spring, while providing forage in the depths of winter for sage grouse. (Bureau of Land Management) ...

Voles look like the invention of a children's book illustrator who has been asked to draw a mouse as a portly, jolly gentleman. Mice are cute, but voles are well on their way to being adorable. Yet ...

A new report from The Wildlife Trusts, The National Water Vole Database Project Report, identifies continued declines in water vole populations nationally. However, this is set against heartening ...