An oxytocin receptor, she explains, is like a “lock” for which oxytocin is the “key.” Essentially, the hormone needs to open ...

Voles, part of the rodent family, are "smaller and similar-sized as mice," says Roger Dickens of Terminix. They have a short, stubbed snout, similar to a hamster, and are usually shades of brown.

Voles prefer tall vegetation, so keep lawns, especially those near flower beds, tidy. Minimize the amount of mulch in flower beds, and turn it frequently so their tunnel systems are disturbed.

Moles and voles can damage your yard and garden but planting this flower will keep them away. And as a bonus, it will add ...

About 100 water voles are to be reintroduced to a valley in a national park later this month. Forestry England is releasing the animals at Wild Ennerdale in the Lake District on 12 August, as part of ...

Endangered water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction. Once commonly found across south Wales, water voles are now effectively extinct in all but a few ...

A colony of 50 water voles has been released into the wild in Surrey, where the species has been locally extinct for 20 years. The voles, an endangered species, were bred in captivity at the Wildwood ...

Prairie voles are hamster-sized rodents with small ears and eyes and a short tail. Their coarse fur is grayish brown on the back but yellowish on the belly. The scientific name is derived from ...

When the voles are reunited, the second vole quickly starts licking and grooming its stressed mate, continuing for around 10 minutes. It looks a lot like what we’d call consolation.

As colonies of voles live more densely in close quarters, lost (and philandering) voles appear more likely to wander into each others’ burrows and mate, and genetic diversity reins.

Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) have long been of interest to neuroscientists and endocrinologists who study the social behaviour of animals, in part because this species forms monogamous ...