The best way to prevent moles and voles from harming your landscape is by being able to accurately identify them. Moles and voles are two common garden pests that are often confused with one another ...

Here’s how to tell if you have voles and what to do about them.

Here’s how these two different animals can affect your lawn and garden.

Question: I have a small garden being invaded by voles. They are eating my plants and digging up the soil and mulch around them. What can I do? Answer: Voles, moles and gophers all can cause problems ...

Okay, I admit it, voles are cute. With their small pudgy bodies and short tails, they look like undersized, feral hamsters, to whom they are related. But whereas hamsters are house pets, voles roam ...

Determining what is responsible for digging up your garden plants is not always easy. Among the usual culprits to consider are gophers, moles, rats, racoons and voles. Unless you happen to have a ...

It is easy to spot this vole trail coming from a perennial bed that is adjacent to a lawn. Voles will clip back the grass to create easy access and movement. White grubs are root feeders. They range ...

It’s an exasperating experience. You go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub or tree and bring it home only to have some critter damage or destroy it within the first week. Pests cause ...

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 ...

Determining what is responsible for digging up your garden plants is not always easy. Among the usual culprits to consider are gophers, moles, rats, racoons and voles. Unless you happen to have a ...

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 ...