Dozens of water voles have been released into the wild in Cornwall to help improve a wetland. The Duchy of Cornwall said it released 80 water voles in the River Fowey at Restormel. The rodents ...

More than 100 water voles bred in captivity have been released into the wild in Nottinghamshire. The rodents - the fastest-declining mammal in England - were this week set free into their new home ...

Kernow Conservation CIC has released around 100 water voles at a site near Stithians in south Cornwall. The first release of ...

The red-backed vole is primarily an herbivore, although it eats small invertebrates infrequently. A diet of fruit, succulent vegetation, and especially fungi that it excavates from the forest floor ...

Pollution, habitat degradation, climate change and overuse of freshwater resources are putting a strain on Europe, with only a third of its surface water in good health, the European Environment ...

A project to reintroduce water voles to South Downs National Park has been declared a success after new signs of activity were spotted. More than 2,800 of the creatures have been released along ...

Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

Dozens of water voles have been released into the wild in Cornwall to help improve a wetland. The Duchy of Cornwall said it released 80 water voles in the River Fowey at Restormel. The rodents, which ...

More than 100 water voles have been released into a nature reserve as part of "ambitious plans" to restore the species. Recycled Pringles tubes were used to safely transport the creatures to the ...

Only 37% of Europe’s surface water bodies achieved “good” or “high” ecological status, a measure of aquatic ecosystem health, according to a report by the European Environment Agency.