Endangered water voles are being offered food covered in edible glitter in the hope that conservationists will be able to track their movement in the wild. The edible and biodegradable glitter ...

Water voles (Arvicola amphibius), often mistaken for rats, are shy little mammals that scientists call "ecosystem engineers." That means they don’t just live in their environment — they actively shape ...

When 6,000 American mink were set free by animal activists in 1998 the south's water vole population was decimated but the animal is making a comeback in one Dorset park.

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 ...

People across Wales are being asked to take part in a project to find out exactly where the country's disappearing voles People are being asked to help save the water vole with numbers plummeting ...

RESIDENTS across Oxfordshire are being asked to help track water voles to find out how endangered they are. In 2015, the People’s Trust for Endangered Species launched the first National Water ...

When mink tracks are detected, the cartridge is replaced with a live capture trap. Once mink are removed, water vole tracks should appear on rafts which is a good indicator of successful mink removal.

Radio-tracking Associated With 'Dramatic Shift' In Water Vole Sex Ratio Date: March 18, 2005 Source: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Summary: Wildlife researchers are being warned that radio-tracking ...

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A SCHEME to eradicate mink on Anglesey has been extended to the mainland in a bid to stop them spreading and threatening water voles. Workshops are now being held for land managers, shooters ...