Our street is new, having been a Christmas tree farm, and before that a potato farm. There are just a dozen houses here, and last year, for the first time, about half of us found that voles enjoyed ...

Voles are rodents that closely resemble mice or hamsters. They are often called field mice because of their tendency to choose fields in which to live, says Dr. Nancy Troyano, board certified ...

Commonly found throughout Idaho, the meadow vole can cause significant problems to lawns and landscapes. Meadow voles are small, chunky, ground dwelling rodents. When mature, they measure 4 ½ to 5 ½ ...

CORVALLIS – Spring brings buds and blooms, but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. The small mammals take gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from ...

Voles look like the invention of a children's book illustrator who has been asked to draw a mouse as a portly, jolly ...

“With the snow in my garden now mostly melted, I am seeing what appear to be tunnels in my lawn in a few areas. What is happening here, and is there something that I should do now?” The damage you are ...

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 ...

Q: Can you tell me how to prevent voles from eating my garden. They have eaten the roots and entire plants of my lettuce and bok choy plants. I also think they are causing damage to some of my ...

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The snow is melting and that means it's time to start thinking about spring yard work, but there's a pesky rodent that may wreak havoc on your yard this spring. WCCO ...

They're cute, they're furry and they're ruining the garden. It's time to get tough. Meadow voles, also known as field mice, are longer and plumper than house mice. Brown with stubby inch-long tails, ...