A sudden burst of water can scare the muskrats away, and sprinklers may deter other animal pests. Try riprapping with gravel ...

Like prairie dogs, voles compromise your yard and garden ... If you live near a body of water, you may come across a muskrat ...

and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests in cool areas near flowing or subsurface water, mosses, ferns, and forbs. Rock voles build nests of plant fibers and Sphagnum in rock crevices, under rocks or ...

In Scotland a water vole becomes a triathlete - sprinting across a valley, swimming a loch and climbing a mountain to find a new home in which to raise her pups. Invasive American mink could kill ...

A project to reintroduce water voles to South Downs National Park has been declared a success after new signs of activity were spotted. More than 2,800 of the creatures have been released along ...

The water vole is one of the UK's fastest declining mammals A new project to recover water vole populations in London is calling on members of the public to help with conservation efforts.

Dozens of water voles have been released into the wild in Cornwall to help improve a wetland. The Duchy of Cornwall said it released 80 water voles in the River Fowey at Restormel. The rodents ...

The red-backed vole is primarily an herbivore, although it eats small invertebrates infrequently. A diet of fruit, succulent vegetation, and especially fungi that it excavates from the forest floor ...

A good filtered water bottle is an easy and eco-friendly way to get clean water all the time, especially while you’re on the go. With a filtered water bottle, you will have access to clean ...

A previously unknown muskrat-sized mammal species was discovered through a 72-million-year-old fossil uncovered near the Utah ...

It’s challenging but very rewarding work." Whether it’s water voles in the UK or giant catfish in the Mekong, freshwater habitats are home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. People are ...

The Safe Drinking Water Act is a federal law that sets quality standards for the systems that provide Americans with drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency uses a weighted point ...