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.

I wrote a column on moles and recommended how to help you manage moles in your gardens. Moles and voles are not even in the same family. Voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, or meadow voles, are voracious ...

Moles are carnivorous creatures; they don't eat plants, but they can nonetheless harm your plants accidentally while ...

The woodland vole shows many adaptations for its burrowing lifestyle. The fur is short, soft, and silky, almost mole-like in texture. The front feet and claws are larger than those of its relatives.

A few weeks ago while at the pool, I made a new acquaintance who asked me about moles. He said, “How do you get rid of moles?” I recalled some initial ideas about castor beans and a trap that works.