Melting snow can reveal damage to your lawn. One type of post winter damage is caused by voles. A vole, better known as a field mouse, is a small rodent with small ears and a short tail. They ...

The short-tailed shrew might be cute and tiny, but it has a nasty bite, so the hand holding it needs that heavy glove. (Clay Wollney) Many predatory animals immobilize their prey or defend themselves ...

Researchers just discovered that the spiny mouse was concealing bony plates beneath the skin over its tail. By Asher Elbein At first it looks like a slightly more hairy rodent. But the spiny mouse’s ...