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 ...

Prairie voles (M. ochrogaster) occur statewide. They provide an important food source for many predators and their burrowing helps keep soil and plants healthy. While the ground may be frozen and ...

On Jan. 7, we woke to almost a foot of snow and the first good dump of the white stuff of the new year. My week kept me busy with no time to walk around our property in the snow until Jan. 14. By then ...

This week on Discover Nature, voles - also called meadow mice - are busy working through the winter under snow and soil. Voles, often confused with moles and shrews, are more mouse-like. These small, ...

Voles, often referred to as meadow mice or field mice, are small mouse-like rodents. They are brownish with dense fur and have short tails and small ears. Even though they are common and are active ...

Question: I’m interested in doing regeneration planting of oaks and hickories on my property, and have made attempts with both direct seeding, as well as starting in Rootmaker containers and then ...