Voles are widespread but unknown to most people. Most people know other kinds of mice, the ones with big ears, long tails and pointed noses. These are enshrined in the popular culture, from ...

An Oregon State University researcher holds up a vole in 1990. Gray-tailed voles, also known as field mice or meadow mice, are a perennial problem for Oregon farmers, but every few years their ...

Voles, moles, mice and shrews "I caught six yesterday," proclaimed Ms. Mouse Hater. She continued her tale, then, explaining that these rodents were so small they didn't trip the standard mousetraps.

Voles are easily distinguishable from mice by their short tail. Tundra voles are also found in good numbers throughout Alaska. A northern red-backed vole climbing down a tree (UAF photo by Todd Paris) ...

Voles may not be as pervasive as other vertebrate pests, but if they decide to invade your garden, they can cause a lot of damage. Although voles are also called meadow mice, they are not mice or ...

Voles are mouse-like rodents, but they aren't mice. One difference is that they come from different families; mice are from the taxonomic family Muridae, and voles are from the family Cricetidae.

Voles don't eat like a mouse in no-till fields, warns specialist. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Thunder, lightning, rain and flooding. Eastern Corn Belt farmers have seen and heard it all this spring. Now ...

Mice can cause havoc with landscape plants, yards. Skip to Article. Set weather. ... Tunnels around lawn probably due to voles: Ask OSU Extension. Updated: Mar. 25, 2010, 12:02 p.m.