Farms using no-till or adding more cover crops risk inviting a voracious pest to the field. Voles, also known as meadow or field mice, can eat through stands in a hurry. Indiana Farmer Aaron Krueger ...

Q. When the snow melted from our last big event, I noticed what looked like trails running across my lawn. They began from a field near my property and led to a mulched area and groundcovers near my ...

Scientists studying 125 years of specimens from Chicago’s Field Museum found chipmunks and voles have evolved skull changes linked to urban living. Chipmunks developed larger skulls but shorter teeth, ...

Few pests annoy me more than voles. They suck down seedlings overnight, leaving no evidence that a plant had stood there unless you count the two-inch hole in the soil. Or they just devour the roots, ...

Finding a vole on Alaska’s North Slope takes practice. The open plain pulls the eye upward, toward grand things: the horizon line, the distant shimmer of snow in the mountains. The nearest tree is ...