Is it a mouse, a shrew or a vole? Gardeners seem to be overrun with them this year. So, how do you tell the difference? And how do you keep their numbers down? Mice are commonly attracted to the ...

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 ...

I keep hearing about how bad the vole problem is this year. Do you have any advice for keeping them at bay, and keeping them from eating my lawn and veggies? — Elizabeth, Silverthorne Elizabeth, so ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Thunder, lightning, rain and flooding. Eastern Corn Belt farmers have seen and heard it all this spring. Now that the atmospheric fireworks are subsiding, producers could face a ...

What is the difference between a mole and a vole? Most people have heard about moles even if they are not garden enthusiasts, but fewer people have heard of voles. Moles eat grubs and make big tunnels ...

(1) Eight spring declines in population size of Microtus townsendii were monitored by mark-recapture techniques near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (2) In light-to-moderate spring declines most ...