Trapping is another option. Common snap traps set perpendicular to the vole runway, with the trigger in the runway, will ...

Voles and crabgrass are two lawn troubles that can reach epidemic proportions. I don’t recall the last time I saw so much vole damage in area lawns, at least in certain communities. When lawns are ...

Learn to tell these critters apart, and handle them safely, with advice from experts. Damian Kuzdak/Getty Images If you find a small, furry creature crawling around in your garden, would you know if ...

Last week I mentioned a few critters that can cause plant damage when we have snow-cover for a period. According to predicted temperatures for next week, it looks like the snow might be around a bit ...

You may recognize those unsightly raised ridges and bumps all over your lawn as the handiwork of moles digging around for their dinners. But some types of tunneling are caused by a different small ...

I knew our yard was in trouble during one of my many snow shoveling sessions this winter. What I uncovered with the snowblower was alarming. Like many of us, I cleared the snow away from the driveway ...

If you've discovered small, furry intruders in your yard or garden, you may need to learn more about how to get rid of voles. Relatives of hamsters and lemmings, voles are small, mouse-like rodents ...

Freezing nights and shortening daylight in the fall has tranquilized most of our landscape except the insatiable meadow mouse that remains active throughout the year. Meadow mice, also called voles, ...

FARGO -- In his biblical battle with Pharaoh, Moses neglected to rain down one of the worst plagues imaginable: If he had sent voles to attack the Egyptian ruler’s well-manicured lawn, Pharaoh would ...

Depending on the species, voles construct surface or underground runways in areas with heavy ground cover. “Voles are active day and night, year-round,” says Robert Pierce, PhD, state extension ...