“We compared microwear from shearing facets of lower molars from Parascalops breweri (the hairy-tailed mole) and Scapanus orarius (the coast mole) with that from other small mammal species ...

Moles are expert excavators and leave many tunnels behind in their search for insects. Moles are members of the Talpidae family, whose name means “mole” in Latin. Moles inhabit North America, Europe, ...

Moles (Scapanus spp.) eat worms, insects and other invertebrates and make round, volcanic-shaped mounds. Pocket gophers (Thomomas spp.) eat bulbs, roots and whole plants from underground tunnels ...

You’ve probably had them pop up in your yard, too. Last week we had a couple of new mounds of fresh, moist earth suddenly appear in our yard. Mole-hills. …or gopher mounds. Which?

Mole: Scientific name “scapanus latimaus.” The mole is described in the dictionary as “any number of numerous boring insectivores with minute eyes concealed ears, and soft fur.”... Q: Are there ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The Earth is home to millions of species, but ...

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This report may be cited as follows: COSEWIC 2003. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on Townsend’s mole Scapanus townsendi in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada ...

Large parts of its range also overlap that of the coast mole. Scapanus townsendii olympicus is restricted to elevations above 1,000 m in the rugged terrain of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State ...

Q: I moved from the Bay Area to the coast of Oregon. The weather patterns are similar, though a bit cooler and rainier, so your plant guides work well here. I still visit my mother in the Bay Area ...

The telltale mark of just about any lawn in Washington's Puget Sound, these are mountainous molehills indeed, the workings of Scapanus townsendii, or Townsend's mole, the largest in North America ...

The telltale mark of just about any lawn in Washington’s Puget Sound, these are mountainous molehills indeed, the workings of Scapanus townsendii, or Townsend’s mole, the largest in North ...