Both the latin pinetorum and another common name, the pine vole, refer to a habitat this rodent occupies only in the Southeast. In the Adirondacks, it chiefly resides in deciduous and mixed forests ...

Population levels, precipitation, and the relative abundance of other small mammals such as meadow vole influence local distribution in marginal habitat. Red-backed voles build nest 7.6-10.2 cm (3-4 ...

Conservationists have called on people to look for water voles that were reintroduced at a nature reserve last year. A total of 116 water voles that were bred in captivity were released at Nene ...

People in Devon are being urged to take part in a national survey of water voles by a wildlife charity.The People's Trust for ...

Although the Northwest Forest Plan helps protect these remaining small and isolated populations, the long-term survival of the voles depends on improving state and private land forest management. The ...

People are being encouraged to help spot water voles in ponds and streams because they are "Britain's fastest declining ...

As well as habitat loss caused by agriculture, one of the biggest reasons for the water vole's decline was "predation and habitat loss" by the American mink - a non-native species introduced by ...