More than 80 water voles are thriving at a wetlands reserve after they were reintroduced to halt the species' decline. The ...

Conservationists have reintroduced water voles into a river for the first time in more than 20 years. Herts and Middlesex ...

The Miami Herald reported that a project led by the South Rivers Trust aims to reintroduce water voles to their native river ...

The woodland vole shows many adaptations for its burrowing lifestyle. The fur is short, soft, and silky, almost mole-like in texture. The front feet and claws are larger than those of its relatives.

There is hope a diet change for an endangered mammal can help smooth the transition between captivity and the wild. Water voles were a common sight at the start of the 20th Century and inspired the ...

A brand new population of water voles have been released at a nature reserve in Devon. 82 water voles were introduced to the wild at Seaton Wetlands on Wednesday. The release by Wild East Devon, which ...

“Water voles — familiar to many as Ratty from The Wind in the Willows — are the UK’s fastest-declining mammal, lost from 94% of their former range,” the South East Rivers Trust said. “Their return to ...

As most people have begun mowing their lawns, they may have noticed the familiar mole runs or a curious above-ground network of runways. This is perhaps the most visual difference between the effects ...

More than 150 water voles have been returned to land near the River Wey in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. Water voles are being reintroduced into Surrey and Sussex as part of a programme to bring the ...

Researchers have discovered that bank voles in southern Sweden (Sk ne) carry a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. This finding was made more than 500 km south of the previously known ...