If you find a small, furry creature crawling around in your garden, would you know if it was a vole or a mole? Voles and moles are very similar animals, and both creatures are kind of a nuisance.

Moles and voles may appear similar, but they are different creatures with distinct characteristics and behaviors. Voles ...

Vole damage is often confused for mole damage. However, voles may be spotted occasionally, while moles, which spend most of their lives underground, are seldom seen. Voles, which are herbivores ...

Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

The nose of this small rodent is yellowish orange, and thus another common name, the yellow-nosed vole. The rest of the body is yellowish to grayish brown above and silvery gray below. The ears ...

and had adapted to spending much of their lives digging underground like moles. The Mammal Society hopes to set up a new group in Glasgow to help gather information on the voles and other wild ...