Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these ...

Potential longevity is 2.7 years. The usual predators of small mammals eat meadow voles. Some of these are weasels, foxes, hawks, owls, the coyote, bobcat, and short-tailed shrew. Lindroth, R.L. and G ...

The potential life span is at least 14 months, but adults are unlikely to survive more than 2-3 months. Some of the predators of the woodland vole are the northern harrier, red-tailed and broad-winged ...

Owl populations cycle in a similar manner, closely following the abundance of voles. As predator populations increase, they put greater strain on the prey populations and act as a top-down control ...

Temperatures warming close to the record high of 70 degrees on Monday will help melt the remainder of the late January snow.

“Voles are active day and night ... As a food source for many predators, they also have to be incredibly proficient at reproducing. Gestation takes three weeks with five to 10 litters per ...

Voles don’t like to be out in the open, so they often shelter there where they have quick access to some protective cover from predators. Voles also leave trails in lawns. These trails often ...

He also describes how they have built defence features into their burrows, like underwater entrances and swamped U-bends, to protect them from predators. Baby water voles (pups) are born ...