1985. Food habits of the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in bluegrass and prairie habitats. Journal of Mammalogy, 65:600-606. Madison, D. M. 1980. An integrated view of the social biology of ...

Voles have short legs, short tails, and small ears. The three local species of Microtus voles have quite wide geographic distributions, favoring grassy habitats of several types including wetlands ...

Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) had been busy creating paths from the garden to the compost pile to the bird feeders then over to the chicken coop as well as other less obvious destinations.

Genetic variation of the rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus. Journal of Mammalogy, 66:94-101. Kirkland, G.L., Jr. and R.J. Griffin. 1974. Microdistribution of small mammals at the coniferous -deciduous ...

A new Field Museum study reveals that Chicago's chipmunks have grown larger with shorter teeth due to processed human food, ...

Two species of voles are common in the Northeast, the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and the woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum). The common names indicate the sort of habitat each species ...

Closely related meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), on the other hand, take a more standard approach. They mate with several females and pay little attention to their babies. Previous studies ...

The team observed the squirrels hunting California voles (Microtus californicus californicus) almost every day between June 10 and July 30, which suggests the behavior became fairly common this year.

The team of researchers, led by Phelps, studied prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) to create the first brain-wide map of brain areas that are active during mating and pair bonding.These small ...

As Pizza Rat proved, some creatures can adapt to just about anything, even the concrete jungle. And it isn’t just New York ...