| 单词 | vole |
| 例句 | It was those that the old knight encountered—big men, masked as boar, bear, vole, and manticore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Forests mean that coyotes and weasels have plenty of chipmunks and voles to eat, so they don’t hunt chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The floor was entirely covered in straw, owl droppings, and the regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But beneath the forest floor is a world honeycombed with the tunnels and runways of small mammals — whitefooted mice, voles, and shrews of various species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Seen from a car window they appear as fragments, evoking memories of woodchucks, badgers, skunks, voles, snakes, sometimes the mysterious wreckage of a deer. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the deer mouse, the creeping vole, the green-hued antlers of the white-tailed deer decaying underneath a cedar. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The walls were lined with all types of fur, shrew, mouse, vole, even rat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Rats, shrews, and voles go inside the cave, too, either looking for salt or foraging for food, and these small mammals make trails through the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see the occasional dash or scuttle of a rabbit or a vole or a weasel as it slipped out of the undergrowth and across the path. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “They’ll get you too, if you don't hurry! Move yourself, vole. You’ll be no good to your family as a prisoner again.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Hello there, you two! Are you staying up here all day? You’ll miss afternoon tea if you don’t hurry. There’ll be precious little left with three squirrels, three voles, and Basil Stag Hare as guests.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Some kept the excess birds under control; some kept the rabbits from destroying his garden; others cleaned up the rats, mice, and voles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Jarveys live mostly below ground, where they pursue gnomes, though they will also eat moles, rats and voles. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A swarm of angry voles.It took Kaz a few quick heartbeats to pick the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the fish are frozen out, they’ll eat other things, including crustaceans, mice, voles and small birds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For half an hour, Pax tried—he chased scurrying voles and hopping wrens, and once a sunning frog. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A family of voles would only slow you up.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The young mouse ran, pushing the vole in front of him and calling out: “Run, keep going, Mr. Vole! Try to make it to the woods and hide.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Bristle called to Runt, who was watching a wandering vole. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The acorn drop, prolific in some years, is a boon to some obvious customers — deer, possums, squirrels, bears, raccoons, mice and voles. Perspective | The sturdy, steadfast oak is the perfect tree for troubled times 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Morton’s night stand sported a crocodile skull wearing a toucan-feather headdress he bought from an Amazonian tribesman, a vole skull and a rubber fetus from an assignment about fake abortion clinics. Nesting, the Vice Media Way 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z One of the real problems with crocuses is that they are eaten from below by voles and from above by deer. Kick-start your spring garden 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z But if you spot numerous shallow runways in the garden, notice vole damage to crops, or glimpse the scurrying rodents themselves, it’s best to take precautionary measures. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden The lid is easily lifted off to look for, and remove, both voles and the occasional mouse. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden The most poignant moment of this episode was the split second we saw Molesley in his white gloves scurrying down the corridor like a water vole: “Coming, Mr Carson!” Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode five – a sedate echo of previous plots 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The game-changing insight, however, came from animal studies at the University of Maryland showing that oxytocin played an important role in fostering bonding and monogamous behaviour in prairie voles. Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011-08-20T23:08:00Z Perhaps it was even genetic, the way monogamous prairie voles and their promiscuous cousins, the meadow voles, had differing amounts of oxytocin emitters or vasopressin receptors in their brains. My Boyfriend Has Two Girlfriends. Should I Be His Third? 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The lawn mower and all the tools, wheelbarrows, trellising devices, bug sprays, Band-Aids and vole traps will also stay in their designated spots, no matter who needs them elsewhere. Resolved: No more bad garden habits 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z For sustenance, a fox generally needs a daily rat, or the caloric equivalent — roughly nine voles, for instance. How Humans Can Coexist With Other Animals 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Perhaps for those of us who aren’t voles, the defining prerequisite for preferring and thriving in any form of relationship is simply to believe in it. My Boyfriend Has Two Girlfriends. Should I Be His Third? 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Cold frames, greenhouses and any protective covering for tender winter greens such as lettuce and arugula will become vole playpens if we don’t make plans now. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden Our most successful strategy has been to place unbaited traps where they will not only interrupt a vole’s mad dash to safety but also provide what looks to them like a safe haven. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden A dark tale of humanity facing calamity as nature, from menacing mushrooms to strutting voles, goes on the rampage. The best theatre for spring 2013 2013-04-01T06:00:00Z I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.” By the Book: Ben Macintyre 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Wildlife conservationists and bird lovers see furry killers and blame them for a decline in the bird population and the deaths of untold numbers of voles, chipmunks and other small animals. The Outdoor Cat: Neighborhood Mascot or Menace? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Unlike moles, which mess up your lawn with their burrows but ignore vegetable crops, voles will feast on most any edible you grow if they’re hungry enough. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden Gouin also recommends a wire guard around the base of the shrub to keep rabbits and voles from chewing the bark. Perspective | Blueberries are good for you. Don’t be afraid to grow them. 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z If voles are a problem, surround the bulbs with pea gravel before backfilling the soil. A once-famous, long-lost corn variety returns from the dead 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Keeping grassy areas around garden beds closely mowed helps expose voles to predators and keep their population in check. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden The first is a mouselike rodent called a vole, which chews off the plant at ground level or below. Hostas 101 2012-07-16T16:20:00.737Z Surely a meadow vole, and this seemed a good time of year to assess not only their current plunder in the garden, but also the possibility of future raids. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden In memory, the truck just molders there, stalled on a road to wherever, green and white paint flaking, rust-flecked, rust-gnawed — a likely home to bees, snakes and voles. Still Life: Still Life: Gallery of the Meadowlands 2012-07-10T16:24:06Z We’re hoping that after two years of peak vole numbers, we’ll get a break from these voracious rodents, thanks to a consequent rise in predators such as foxes and hawks. For a gardener, wildlife can make life a little livelier 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Its blandness belies mysterious origins: Scientists have yet to conclude why prairie voles, much less people, prefer to bond in long-term pairs. Polyamory Works for Them 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The animals are said to pose a major threat to breeding seabirds as well as the native Orkney vole. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Water voles in London to crayfish in Yorkshire will benefit from the money which will go towards breeding programmes and improving habitats. England's rarest species to get £14.5m funding boost 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z It is home to a wide variety of protected species, including the great crested newt, water vole, bats, otters and grass snakes. Renewable energy: Minister blocks solar farms on Gwent Levels 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z More than 200 captive-bred water voles have been released at a secret location close to Haweswater, as part of an attempt to create a thriving population of the endangered species in Cumbria. Water voles brought back to the Lake District 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z They focus on species including the red tree vole in the Pacific Northwest, the Western pond turtle in the Southwest, the wood turtle in the Midwest and a variety of Eastern butterflies and migratory birds. Regulators, landowners form habitat protection partnership 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In Orkney, hidden caches have been found containing as many as 100 voles. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z With their vasopressin receptor levels boosted in this brain region, these normally solitary and promiscuous voles gained a new propensity to cuddle with a mate. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The government has set legally-binding targets for reversing the decline of wildlife such as hedgehogs, red squirrels and water voles by 2030. Blueprint to reverse nature's decline revealed 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Volunteers will check the pens in the coming days, eventually removing them when the newly wild voles have moved into their own burrows. Water voles brought back to the Lake District 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z When we were reviewing illustrations for “The Neurobiology of Love” about pair-bonding in prairie voles, the most common response was, “Aww.” Adorable Voles, Life as We Don’t Know It and Better Cement 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The Flows provide habitat for birds, otters and water voles, and is carpeted with sphagnum moss. The 'enigmatic' peatbog seeking worldwide recognition 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Using tiny head-mounted microscopes, the researchers could see what was happening in the brain as voles formed a bond. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z He said he used his day off to spend time with his baby son as well as do some volunteering with a local programme helping to reintroduce water voles into the wild. Four-day week trial ends and some firms make it permanent 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The water vole's defences, diving beneath the water and kicking up a screen of dirt or hiding in their burrows, were insufficient. Water voles brought back to the Lake District 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Unlike promiscuous species like meadow voles, they pair up for life, raise young together and cuddle for comfort. Adorable Voles, Life as We Don’t Know It and Better Cement 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Scientists are unearthing a quiet truth about the woods: Where trees grow depends in part on the decisions of mice, voles and other small mammals. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Decades of research implicates oxytocin in the formation of prairie vole pair-bonds. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z As a mouse or vole approaches an acorn-laden tray; a sensor reads their microchip, identifying the animal; a motion-activated camera captures the moment, recording which nut they took. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The project, a partnership between the Eden Rivers Trust, Cumbria Connect and the Environment Agency, will see a total of about 350 voles released at two locations. Water voles brought back to the Lake District 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Some free advice: date all the meadow voles you like but marry a prairie vole. Adorable Voles, Life as We Don’t Know It and Better Cement 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Spotted owls and red tree voles live in old Douglas fir trees, as does the marbled murrelet. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In the laboratory, a pair-bonded vole will work for access to its mate. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z People don’t realize just how many mice and voles there are, Ms. Yen said. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Additionally, fewer than half of the voles born do not survive to reproduce, due to predation and competition for food. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z To which Levi responds: “What about prairie voles? They pair bond for life.” Ali Hazelwood’s sort-of-secret life as a best-selling author 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z He adds: “There are many good possibilities for plague reservoirs; you have the great gerbils, marmots, voles.” 800-year-old graves pinpoint where the Black Death began 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Prairie voles even exhibit something like empathy for their partners, getting stressed when they are stressed, and consoling each other through touch. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Spring brings buds and blooms — but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. How to control damage from moles, voles and gophers, and more garden tips 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Then, in one generation, 80% of the voles born live to reproduce. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z She wants me to check out the intricate mesh netting she’s using to keep the voles and rabbits from destroying her tender spring plants. Perspective | My desire to be a mother took root while taking care of my grandmother 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Rodents play a key role in forest regeneration, for example, a subject Dr. Mortelliti studies in voles, mice and squirrels in the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. Wildlife Personalities Play a Role in Nature 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z One of the rodent species he captured, the prairie vole, behaved differently from the others, he noticed. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Moles, voles and gophers all create tunnels and are active underground, but what they eat and the damage they cause varies. How to control damage from moles, voles and gophers, and more garden tips 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z What prediction can you make about the genetic and phenotypic variation of future populations for this group of voles? Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Prior to the pandemic, we were part of a multidisciplinary team monitoring levels of radioactivity and associated health effects—anemia, cancer, cataract or immune compromise—in wild vole populations. Russian Capture of Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Threatens Future Research 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z There, they can study how deer mice behave when they're the sole occupants and then introduce the mice's main rodent competitors, voles, to see how mouse populations, mouse behavior, and disease prevalence change. Montana mice may hold the secret to virus spillover 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Getz attributed the evolution of prairie vole bonding to the sparse distribution of food resources in their uniformly flat and grassy environment, which led to the wide scattering of voles across the landscape. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Though voles live in little tunnels, they spend time above ground eating grass and nibbling on other plants. How to control damage from moles, voles and gophers, and more garden tips 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The future generations of this group of voles should evidence greater genetic variation. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Radiation levels in the area are variable but can lead to high doses, and some voles experienced radiation rates 40 times higher than unexposed control voles. Russian Capture of Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Threatens Future Research 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Akins doesn’t know whether wolverines also prey on the mice, voles and shrews that inhabit a hidden niche called the subnivean zone. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Human studies inspired by prairie vole findings support the comparison of the two species. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Friends dubbed the garden Spiteful Organics and printed sweatshirts of a vole eating a malformed carrot. The seasons of an accidental pandemic hobby farmer 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The future generations of this group of voles should evidence fewer genetic variation. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z If you have a problem with voles, one tactic is to put a handful of pea gravel around the bulb when you plant it. How to plant bulbs this fall for a beautiful spring garden Mammals like the red squirrel and water vole, birds like the curlew and plants such as the fen orchid squeezed out by loss of habitat and pollution. Climate change: Wildlife and plant species decline 'a crisis' 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The prairie vole is a small Midwestern rodent known for shacking up and settling down, a tendency that is rare among mammals. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Hoping to increase the vole’s odds of survival, several were captured and released into newly restored spring-fed marshes in nearby Shoshone Village, population 17, just south of the park. California builds a 'Noah's Ark' to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The future generations of this group of voles should evidence less genetic variation. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Studying multiple species of voles, a small rodent, has given incredible insight into the mechanisms of bonding. How catfishers exploit basic human neuroscience 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z One of the waterways affected by sewage overflows in 2020 was the River Chess in Buckinghamshire, a chalk stream which is home to rare wildlife including water voles and great white egrets. Sewage discharged into rivers 400,000 times in 2020 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z With the prairie vole as a subject, researchers are learning how bonds are forged, how early life shapes relationships and why we ache when they fall apart. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Instead, he found a vole, diving with wings tucked into the brush to gobble it up. Falconry, an ancient form of hunting, finds new devotees 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The future generations of this group of voles should evidence greater genetic variation. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z For example, infusing oxytocin into the brains of a female, non-monogamous prairie vole accelerates pair bonding, and infusing vasopressin does the same for male prairie voles. How catfishers exploit basic human neuroscience 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z He started captive-breeding water voles, which are on the “red list” of mammals in danger of extinction in Britain. How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The data Getz and his students gathered suggested the prairie vole was among them. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “Throwing voles from a plane is not germ warfare,” he concludes. Review | A frustrating search for the truth about America’s biological warfare 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z There will be 50 percent fewer voles and 90 percent fewer hawks. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The five-year trial found that other creatures such as fish, insects, birds and water voles had benefitted from the presence of the beavers, who enhance wetland habitats. After 400 years, beavers allowed back in the wild in England for good 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z In Queen Elizabeth Forest Park in Scotland, 1,000 water voles released in the mid-2000s have expanded to occupy more than 22 square miles. How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Bonded prairie voles prefer to cuddle with a mate. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z If they were inventing germ-warfare charges out of whole cloth, would they really come up with a story of seven hundred air-dropped dead and dying voles?” In ‘Baseless,’ Nicholson Baker peels back the thick red tape stemming from the Freedom of Information Act 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z A biologist studies a population of voles for 20 years. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z That’s because all chicks are entirely dependent on the parents for food, and food, in this case, is usually a small rodent, like a vole or a shrew, that can’t be easily split. Barn owl siblings share their food in exchange for grooming 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z In Donaldson’s experiment, each vole in question had a certain degree of activity in this brain region when deciding between two unknown voles. Pandemic absence might make hearts grow fonder, science suggests 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The findings supported the idea that differences in the distribution of hormone receptors could account for the different behaviors of promiscuous and monogamous voles. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Historically, owl numbers rose and fell with field vole populations. Barn owls are back in the UK – and for once it's thanks to humans 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z One reason these poisons are so effective is because, in most cases, the rat or ground squirrel or vole or whatever the target vermin happens to be only needs to eat a single dose. The wondrous life and mysterious death of Golden Eagle 1703 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Ferret research was shut down for a month last year after inspectors identified three violations, and the vole lab sparked concerns after testing how alcohol affects the animals, inspectors said. University lab cited for animal welfare violations in Oregon 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z A couple of days after one of these voles had become its mate, though, more cells activated when it was about to run to this mate rather than the unknown vole. Pandemic absence might make hearts grow fonder, science suggests 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The tools they developed, we soon learned, worked just as well on voles. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z It was about the size of a vole, and scampered around China about 120 million years ago. All ears about ancient mammals 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Once they found that the white owls did better in bright moonlight, they tried some laboratory experiments with stuffed owls and captive voles to look for a reason. White Barn Owls Thrive When Hunting in Bright Moonlight 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Under the law, using traps to catch gophers, house mice, rats, moles and voles would still be permitted. California becomes first state to ban fur trapping after Gov. Newsom signs law 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the experiment, a vole was given the choice to run toward one of two unknown, opposite-sex voles. Pandemic absence might make hearts grow fonder, science suggests 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z A related hormone, vasopressin, soon emerged as another crucial regulator of prairie vole bonding. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Biologists studying small animals such as mice, voles and birds report finding animals with more frequent mutations, physical deformities and reduced populations. Perspective | Five myths about Chernobyl 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The voles froze for up to five seconds longer when facing a white owl in conditions similar to the light of a bright full moon. White Barn Owls Thrive When Hunting in Bright Moonlight 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z One victim was a wood mouse, and the other was a vole. Catcam videos reveal cats don’t sleep all day. (Just some of it.) 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The researchers then made one of these unknown voles its mate. Pandemic absence might make hearts grow fonder, science suggests 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Prairie vole bonds and the mechanisms that underlie their formation and influence provide a concrete example of what such an evolved neural system might look like. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “Not rats or mice. Natural rodents like vole, they love those. They’ll give up anything to eat a vole.” The relentless slaughter of wolves paved the way for a predator that refuses to die 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The disease is spread by bacteria through hare and vole ticks. Wildlife officials say tularemia is showing up in hares 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z In 2016, James Burkett at Emory University in Atlanta showed that monogamous prairie voles would react to a stressed partner by ramping up their own stress levels and grooming them more. Dogs mirror stress levels of owners, researchers find 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z A couple of days later, and again two weeks after that, it was given the choice to run toward either this mate or another unknown vole. Pandemic absence might make hearts grow fonder, science suggests 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Reward prompts voles to stay close to each other, to huddle together. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The drainage pipe seemed the perfect vole-sized hole, but it took the photographer many days camped on the opposite side of the canal before he saw a water vole that thought the same. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z They happen when voles and other critters take advantage of snow-covered lawns to feed on grass blades and roots. How to inspect your home for winter damage | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Conservationists are all around us, forever appearing on our televisions with their pleas for this noble, endangered mountain lion or that cute, imperilled subspecies of vole. Don’t be a juggins – why some words deserve to fall out of use | Sam Leith 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Forest Service violated environmental laws by not doing another environmental analysis after additional red tree vole nests were found. Judge OKs logging project in Umpqua National Forest 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z This is not to say that the vole’s experience of pair-bonding is exactly like the human experience of love. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Water voles might favour living beside water, at least in England, and can swim, but they are not aquatic rodents. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Then remove excessive vegetation near lawns to give voles less room to hide once the last snows have melted. How to inspect your home for winter damage | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z And then there are the troublesome bark- and root-eating squirrels, rabbits and voles. Fragile trees, shrubs need some help getting through winter 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The voles are a protected species, but the Forest Service says the logging is in a non-high priority area for the species. Judge OKs logging project in Umpqua National Forest 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Work on prairie voles, however, inspired neuropsychologists to look at more ancient structures, in the same reward regions implicated in prairie vole bonding. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Along with honey they eat lizards, insects, birds, voles, squirrels and flying squirrels. Cannabis growth is killing one of the cutest (and fiercest) creatures in the US 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Is there the same positive mesolimbic signaling when a prairie vole encounters a mountain vole, or does this “out-group” difference tip the balance toward the amygdala and expressing fear and distrust? Why Our Brains See the World as "Us" Versus "Them" 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It said the hedgehog and water vole have seen their populations decline by almost 70% over the past 20 years. One in five UK mammals face extinction 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Turtles, snakes and voles stretch sunward after months of subterranean winter. Setting Fires and Restoring an American Landscape 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Likewise, when a human subject holds her partner’s hand, it activates her nucleus accumbens—one of the brain regions that in prairie voles has receptors for oxytocin and vasopressin. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The Telegraph's Michael Deacon says Mr Goldring looked "a meagre, helpless sort of creature... as though a policeman were shining a torch in the face of a baby vole". Charities facing further sex claims 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z A barn owl with a captured vole.Credit: Owls for peace: how conservation science is reaching across borders in the Middle East 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Listed here is the red squirrel, along with the beaver, water vole and grey long-eared bat. One in five UK mammals face extinction 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z White, who just led the annual Christmas bird count in Wilmington for the Delaware Ornithological Society, said the owls are hunting meadow voles, a type of rodent that lives in the marsh. Birders having a hoot spotting owls in southern Delaware 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Our understanding of the hormonal regulators of human affections also seems consistent with our understanding of prairie vole pair-bonding. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z When this pressure is sensed, the birds will disperse during winter in search of easier food, such as the voles that populate the Mission Valley. The power of the owl 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z There, farms were plagued so badly with voles that in some years entire fields would echo with their high-pitched squeaking. Owls for peace: how conservation science is reaching across borders in the Middle East 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The birds feed on lemmings and voles, small rodents. Snowy owls make appearance in Kansas 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The marsh of the endangered Amargosa vole — which numbers a few hundred — was accidentally drained by a road crew last year. The Amargosa River Defies the Desert 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z And as we have seen, even among prairie voles the mechanisms of bonding are not entirely understood. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z He figured it’d have mice, voles and, in a pinch, slugs for the hawk to eat. Wild animals in distress are nursed back to life at this facility in Arlington 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z One of North America’s rarest species — the Amargosa vole — also lost part of its remaining habitat in a September fire in the Mojave National Preserve. For an Endangered Animal, a Fire or Hurricane Can Mean the End 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Block vasopressin and the male voles shifted back to their more peaceable selves. Why Are Some Dogs More Aggressive? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The dried-out marsh caught fire, destroying 10 to 20 percent of the vole habitat. The Amargosa River Defies the Desert 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The work showed that the abundance of vasopressin receptors in the brain’s reward circuits explained at least some of the behavioral differences between monogamous and promiscuous voles. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z European mink were widespread a century ago, living along rivers and streams and preying on voles, amphibians, crayfish, and fish. Scientists think they can save the European mink—by killing its ruthless rivals 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z In his own research with rats and voles, vasopressin promoted some maternal behaviors. Why Some Mice Seem to Make Bad Parents 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z A project to release water voles into Northumberland was recently described as rewilding. 'It is strange to see the British struggling with the beaver': why is rewilding so controversial? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z For starters, hawks tend to hunt mice and voles, while eagles favor fish and roadkill. These bald eagles are feeding a baby hawk, because parenthood makes you crazy 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Amadei, Robert Liu and their colleagues at Emory University showed that activating these neurons when a vole was near a potential partner was enough to generate a preference for the would-be mate. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Swift little falcons, intense Cooper’s hawks, gorgeous northern harriers, long-eared owls and bald eagles by the dozen come here to feed on voles and other small rodents. 4 Bellingham hikes: Water, wildflowers, rainforest and raptors | Provided By Hotel Bellwether 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z To determine just how much voles like each other, researchers typically measure the time voles spend “huddling,” a behavior in which the furry friends snuggle up to each other and remain motionless. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z I loved the way my scalp felt like a velvety vole. When a woman crops her hair, it can send a powerful message 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Even in populated areas, she said, nature typically provides food like mice, deer, voles, rabbits, raccoons, fruit and goose eggs. Northern Kentucky coyote sightings becoming more prominent 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z We expected the genetically modified voles to exhibit impairments in their ability to bond with mates. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The region east of Death Valley is home to a major river and two species of desert fish, 300 bird species an endangered vole rodent. ‘BioBlitz’ scientists to survey California desert valley 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z None of the voles had previously pair-bonded with a mate, and the researchers only investigated heterosexual pairs. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z As well as rare plants, invertebrates and aquatic mammals like voles and otters, the latest species to be spotted is the common crane. M4 relief road: Common cranes nesting on proposed site - BBC News 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z To build their case, archaeologists examined four trenches at the 5400-year-old village, full of thousands of vole and wood mouse skeletal fragments. Rodents may have been on the menu in ancient Scotland 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But shockingly, prairie voles that lacked the oxytocin receptor altogether actually formed preferences for mates as readily as their genetically unmanipulated siblings. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Bones from archaeological sites in Orkney show voles were cooked or boiled for food, or possibly for pest control. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z To do that, they used optogenetics—the first time the powerful technique has been employed to study the prairie vole. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z And they’re constantly moving garlic and onion plants around the garden to find the best location to discourage voles and moles from snacking on the produce. A beautiful Camano Island garden produces a bounty of fruits and vegetables 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z As a badger, Foster ate worms, dug a hillside den and tried to sniff out voles. Ig Nobel prizes: trousers for rats and the truthfulness of liars 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The discovery that the oxytocin receptor is not strictly necessary for prairie vole bonding demonstrates that however important the genes encoding oxytocin, vasopressin and their receptors may be, they are not the whole story. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Charred bones suggest the vole was cooked, most likely for food. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Control voles showed no preference for their jailed partners. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Ecologists hope the voles being released at Malham Tarn will improve the local ecosystem, saying their burrowing should provide the space for rare species of moss and liverwort to thrive. Water voles: National Trust releasing 100 in Yorkshire Dales - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z About 12,500 years ago, DNA from bison, voles and jack rabbits appears in the lake sediments, Dr. Willerslev’s team reports in Wednesday’s issue of Nature. How Did People Migrate to the Americas? Bison DNA Helps Chart the Way 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It found that most differences between the monogamous prairie vole and the promiscuous meadow vole were evident even before bonding began, as though their brains were already prepared for their specific social behaviors. Monogamous Prairie Voles Reveal the Neurobiology of Love 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The remains were found with waste products from other foods, suggesting voles may have been roasted in the fire. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z They then designed a special cage in which a male was placed “in jail” inside a female vole’s cage. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Water voles live in burrows dug into banks along slow-moving rivers, streams or ditches. Water voles: National Trust releasing 100 in Yorkshire Dales - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Hares and voles scampered through the grasses; pike swam in the lakes. First Americans May Have Arrived by Coastal, Not Inland, Route 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z This habitat attracted bison first, and later mammoths, elk, voles and the occasional bald eagle. Plant and animal DNA suggests first Americans took the coastal route 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z This suggests that the piles of bone fragments - mainly from voles but also some field mice - were the result of human intervention of some sort. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Normally prairie voles will not bond following a mere indirect exposure that does not involve physical contact. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z But against the now-blackened earth, voles, gophers and mice will be easy prey for coyotes and hawks. Range 12 Fire damaged an important natural and cultural area 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Labour AM for Newport East Mr Griffiths has agreed to champion the water vole, Britain's fastest declining wild mammal. Rare animals and plants paired with Welsh politicians - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z The water vole has become Britain's most endangered mammal, with many of their natural habitats being destroyed by development. A haven for endangered water voles - BBC News 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The voles were quite small and "would be no more than a mouthful" to eat, but "a perfectly good source of protein", said Dr Herman. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Prairie voles normally form bonds for life but Liu says they only tested the optogenetically induced behavior after one day, so they do not know how long the artificial bond might last. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z That product is used to coat seeds and in pellet form to kill voles. Die-off of geese in E. Idaho possibly due to rodent poison 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says they feed primarily on voles but will kill birds and squirrels. Marten, chicken clash blamed for Ketchikan traffic crash 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z “Mushrooms concentrate radiation. Voles love mushrooms. When they eat contaminated mushrooms, they concentrate the radiation in their bodies. When wolves eat voles, they pick up the contamination.” Animals Rule Chernobyl 30 Years After Nuclear Disaster 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z A recent genetic study on the same samples deduced that the vole was introduced to Orkney direct from what is now Belgium. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z What’s more, they discovered they could manipulate this affection: When they artificially activated that brain pathway, it spurred prairie voles to form pair-bonds even in the absence of sex—normally a prerequisite. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z It can spread from rabbits and voles to humans, either through tick bites or from coming into contact with contaminated water. South Dakota epidemiologist helps fight Ebola in Africa 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z The extension office says vole populations surge about every 10 to 12 years. Central Idaho braces for spike in vole population 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z About 10 percent of prairie vole babies are born to fathers that don’t live in the nest. Five myths about love 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The Orkney vole - found only on the archipelago - is thought to be a subspecies of the European common vole. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The more time the voles spend together, the more they huddle. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Oxytocin, a chemical that plays a key role in maternal nurturing, acts in a region of the voles’ brain to promote consolation behavior, Dr. Young and his colleagues discovered. For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z But Savage isn’t totally wrong: Prairie voles are socially monogamous, but, like us, some aren’t suited to sexual monogamy. Five myths about love 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Prairie voles console their family members after stressful events. Oxytocin-dependent consolation behavior in rodents | Science 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, a control group of voles had electrodes implanted in the mPFC and in an area physically near the NAcc, but whose activity was not connected with it. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z “These voles are not smart, so this is not an intelligence thing,” said Larry J. Young, a neuroscientist at Emory University and one of the study’s authors. For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The most famous monogamist in the animal kingdom is a fluffy rodent called the prairie vole. Five myths about love 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Prairie voles console their family members after stressful events. Oxytocin-dependent consolation behavior in rodents | Science 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z After taking those baseline brain measurements, the researchers placed each female vole in a cage together with an unfamiliar male vole and collected video while recording the female’s neural activity. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z A stoat captures one of its favorite prey, a vole, in Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z When they blocked production of oxytocin, voles did not minister to distressed lab mates. For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Prairie voles mate for life and are affectionate parents, but their close cousins, meadow voles, are promiscuous. Five myths about love 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Researchers at Emory University looked for evidence of the behavior in the prairie vole because it's a particularly social species. Prairie voles console their stressed out friends, scientists find 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z But the day after the optogenetic stimulation of the mPFC–NAcc circuit females preferred their “jail” partner to a strange male vole, indicating modulation of the circuit was enough to drive bonding. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Photograph: Jason Wilson for The Guardian All going well, the fungus fruits between late fall and early spring, producing the little white balls so beloved of voles, squirrels, black bears and Portland chefs. Truffle trackers: how dogs and humans help ecology and gastronomy in Oregon 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z In a laboratory, the researchers stressed voles with beeps and light shocks. For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Prairie voles are small Midwestern rodents known for monogamous behavior. Some Prairie Voles Play the Field, Researchers Find 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z The underlying mechanism for the consoling behavior appears to be oxytocin, a hormone also implicated in vole monogamy and social bonding among humans. Prairie voles console their stressed out friends, scientists find 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The work hinged on some unique aspects of vole behavior: Prairie vole interactions differ greatly from those of their close cousins, the mouse and the rat. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Researchers at the department of integrative biology at the University of Texas at Austin studied prairie voles living in experimental enclosures that mimic their natural environment. Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z “As soon as voles see another distressed vole, somehow they detect it and they start licking and grooming it,” Dr. Young said. For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z There’s work showing that cattle, deer and voles tend to orient in a north-south direction.” How Lost Pets Find Their Way Home 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z When the scientists blocked the neurotransmitter in prairie voles, the comforting licks stopped too, though self grooming didn't. Prairie voles console their stressed out friends, scientists find 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Moreover, the recordings showed neurons firing in the mPFC modulated NAcc activity: The more strongly that circuit was activated, he says, the more quickly the prairie vole began huddling with her mate. Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z In the wild, vole colonies show a cyclical pattern of expanding and contracting. Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The researchers found that voles only consoled other voles that they knew, like siblings, partners and individuals that they lived with. For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z They saw that when male prairie voles interacted with their special lady vole, neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens jumped 20% compared with when they interacted with a random female. This is your brain on love (if you’re a prairie vole) 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Carter, who studies hormones and maternal behaviour in prairie voles, notes that baby rats eat their mothers’ 1. Poo turns naked mole rats into better babysitters 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z They injected the mPFC of 12 female prairie voles with a virus carrying the gene for channel rhodopsin 2, a protein that, when stimulated with light, causes neurons to “fire.” Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z These voles were also the players, siring offspring with females not their life partners. Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z For male prairie voles, it can even change their brains. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Upon closer inspection, scientists saw that specific neurons that fired when the voles interacted with their mates stayed silent when they interacting with a different female. This is your brain on love (if you’re a prairie vole) 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z “But in another few weeks they will grow a brain and become very, very fierce predators,” hunting small mammals like voles, shrews, pocket gophers and mice, as well as insects and other birds. Tiny Owl Getting Talking-To From Sheriff Has Huge Appetite 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “This is a very ancient molecule,” says Sue Carter, a neuroscientist at Indiana University in Bloomington, whose lab pioneered many of the early studies of oxytocin in voles. Neuroscience: The hard science of oxytocin 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z These meandering prairie voles are more likely to leave their vulnerable broods unattended and their mates available to other prairie voles who are also straying. Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Many share homes and parenting duties, preferring to snuggle with their partners over any other vole. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a statement on Thursday say testing of a vole in the Riddle area indicates possible plague. Another SW Idaho rodent population likely has plague 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Authorities say the dead voles appear to be in a localized area and not widespread. Officials: More rodents in SW Idaho likely have plague 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Tangles of wood and piles of rock scattered under the Gold Creek bridges serve as avenues and hiding places for small creatures, like pikas, voles, shrews and snakes. Special I-90 overpass will help animals cross safely 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z If the male prairie vole were a human guy, we might call him "highly evolved." Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Male prairie voles have no idea who they’re raising kids with—at least, not until they mate. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The agencies issued a similar statement Monday about voles with possible plague west of Caldwell. Another SW Idaho rodent population likely has plague 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Top of the list in North America, for example, were the montane vole and the northern grasshopper mouse. Reservoir rats 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z They also browsed in winter, with voles tunneling underground around the base of trees, stripping off the bark. New England’s snowy winter pushes back gardening season 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z With more space between neighboring burrows, the faithful voles may then gain a reproductive advantage, and their offspring are less prone to wandering. Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z When male prairie voles choose a life partner, changes in their brain enable them to discern between single females. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “We caught a bunch of voles, and they looked as healthy as weeds. We became fascinated with that.” 4 Years After the Meltdown, Investigating Fukushima’s Ecological Toll 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z My phone made this video, on its own, and left it on my doorstep like a vole to the slaughter. My HTC One became self aware and started making cat videos 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z In the animal population, there are four main vertebrate species in winter—including Arctic foxes, sibling voles and wild reindeer, which are eaten by humans. Fast-Warming Arctic Proves Deadly to Animals and People 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z But voles with a slightly different set of genetic variants at those sites seemed to get lost quite readily. Philandering male prairie voles may just be lost 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Before male prairie voles put a ring on it, they can't tell one single lady from another, according to a new study in the October issue of Animal Behavior. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z When Baker and Chesser sequenced the voles' DNA, they did not find abnormal mutation rates. 4 Years After the Meltdown, Investigating Fukushima’s Ecological Toll 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Experiments in the 1990s showed that it was instrumental in leading prairie voles, known for their monogamous behavior, to pick a lifelong mate. Fact or Fiction?: Oxytocin Is the “Love Hormone” 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The doomed biota, often unremarkable, even ugly, by human standards, are things like the Bunker’s woodrat, Goff’s pocket gopher, the Gull Island vole, and the insular cave rat. Over Solicitousness Masks An Uglier Side Of Character 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The researchers then tested whether the voles would show a preference to spend time with their partners, or with a stranger vole. Drunk Voles Have A Lot To Teach Us About Relationships 2014-04-09T16:09:44Z Because prairie voles fall in what can be anthropomorphized as love, researchers turn to them as tiny models of human love and attachment. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z As well as this, Plantlife said unsuitable grazing regimes prevent germination while rabbit and vole populations eat juvenile plants. Campaign to help save juniper plants 2014-03-10T01:09:47Z After the vole study, interest in the nine–amino acid peptide started to rise. Fact or Fiction?: Oxytocin Is the “Love Hormone” 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z There are four eggs surrounded by 70 lemmings and eight voles, a tasty meal for unhatched chicks. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z The enhancement of attachment in female prairie voles parallels the prosocial effects of alcohol in humans. Drunk Voles Have A Lot To Teach Us About Relationships 2014-04-09T16:09:44Z “There’s something about forming a pair bond that changes these male prairie voles’ ability to recognize others. When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In 1985, returning to the mental health institute after his year away, he began studying tiny mouselike rodents called voles in an effort to understand the biology of attachment. | Dr. Thomas R. Insel: Blazing Trails in Brain Science 2014-02-03T23:53:40Z But when it comes to North American voles — oh my god, the weird. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z He notes that in the monogamous prairie voles he studies, males that have a pair bond can actually be hostile to other females. Your Girlfriend Makes You High 2013-11-27T14:20:23Z Read some top tips on how to attract birds, hedgehogs, voles and more. 10 ways to reconnect with nature 2013-10-26T01:42:56Z The evidence of a new colony is good news for conservationists who are trying to boost the numbers of the rare voles in the area. Watch: Watervoles caught on camera 2013-10-25T07:21:57Z He packed up his family and his voles, and moved south. | Dr. Thomas R. Insel: Blazing Trails in Brain Science 2014-02-03T23:53:40Z Population explosions of the sort known for severeal voles sometimes occur. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z Councillors have also been told that there may be water voles at the lake and Natural Resources Wales wants an investigation to see if they do live there. Lake legal row to end after 20 years 2013-10-09T06:33:59Z Water voles, immortalised by Ratty from Wind in the Willows, were once a common sight in the UK's waterways. Water voles 'decline by a fifth' 2013-09-06T02:17:30Z The camera was set up by ecologists to see how the animals behave, it is triggered by movement and heat so when the voles turned up it started filming. Watch: Watervoles caught on camera 2013-10-25T07:21:57Z He settled on voles for a good reason. | Dr. Thomas R. Insel: Blazing Trails in Brain Science 2014-02-03T23:53:40Z They’re a bit boring, being highly similar to the myriad Microtus and Myodes/Clethrionomys species that make up the bulk of vole diversity. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z The team of scientists - led by the University of Aberdeen and Cornell University in America - believe the subspecies of the European common vole was brought over by farmers. Orkney vole 'came from Belgium' 2013-09-03T10:00:18Z He said the Wildlife Trusts were working to create new habitats for the voles. Water voles 'decline by a fifth' 2013-09-06T02:17:30Z America’s leaders are like those hideous baby voles in wildlife documentaries: naked, blind, and shrinking from the light, trapped in burrows that appear to lead nowhere but deeper into darkness. Who Shrunk America? 2013-09-05T08:45:00Z Another, the montane vole, is polygamous; it mates and moves on. | Dr. Thomas R. Insel: Blazing Trails in Brain Science 2014-02-03T23:53:40Z They aren’t reddish dorsally like / voles and have greyer, fluffier fur than other voles in their range. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z In two species — the white-footed mouse and the meadow vole — the brains of animals from cities or suburbs were about 6 percent bigger than the brains of animals collected from farms or other rural areas. Matter: As Humans Change Landscape, Brains of Some Animals Change, Too 2013-08-22T12:01:00Z Water voles have been threatened by the loss of their natural habitat - but it looks like they may be making a return. Restoring Britain's wildlife vision 2013-08-19T05:57:06Z Water vole populations were devastated by habitat loss and farmed mink that escaped into the countryside. Restoring Britain's wildlife vision 2013-08-18T02:20:14Z Injections of the hormone oxytocin prompted similar bonding instincts in female prairie voles. | Dr. Thomas R. Insel: Blazing Trails in Brain Science 2014-02-03T23:53:40Z They’re unlike voles in having closed roots on the cheek teeth. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z The team introduced wild voles into boxes of sand and studied the kidney-shaped chambers and connecting tunnels they constructed. Underground worlds caught on camera 2013-08-15T07:19:45Z Rare voles are being reintroduced in to the wild five years after they were declared extinct in some areas. Voles being put back in the wild 2013-07-05T06:27:47Z If wet summers lead to an increase in flooding, birds and animals who live on sandy riverbanks, including kingfishers and water voles, may drown. 40 consequences of 10 wet summers: what will a decade of rain do to us? 2013-06-22T08:00:00Z You’ve probably heard about our furry little friends, the prairie voles. Love in the Time of Neuroscience 2013-02-14T02:42:04Z There are differing views on where these voles fit in phylogenetic terms. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z But the voles seemed happiest with the dry, warm environment inside. Underground worlds caught on camera 2013-08-15T07:19:45Z Up to 500 voles are being released into the River Meon in Hampshire. Voles being put back in the wild 2013-07-05T06:27:47Z The research showed that the animals largely prey on non-native mice and rats in densely populated urban areas, while in rural areas they target mice, shrews, voles, squirrels and even rabbits. Your Cat: A Major Wildlife Threat 2013-01-31T08:35:00Z One type of vole is monogamous—it bonds with one mate for life. Love in the Time of Neuroscience 2013-02-14T02:42:04Z Incidentally, the idea that muskrats are voles is pretty awesome. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z Full-scale rabbit warrens, vole burrows and badger sets were crafted in order to film previously unrecorded details. Underground worlds caught on camera 2013-08-15T07:19:45Z The study found that birds native to the US, such as the American Robin, were most at risk, and mice, shrews, voles, squirrels and rabbits were the mammals most likely to be killed. Cats 'kill billions of animals' 2013-01-30T16:02:03Z Birds native to the US, such as the American Robin, were most at risk, and mice, shrews, voles, squirrels and rabbits were the mammals most likely to be killed. Cats killing 'billions of animals' 2013-01-29T16:25:28Z The key difference between the two kinds of voles appears to be genetic – an intriguing point when you consider that otherwise the voles are 99% genetically identical. Love in the Time of Neuroscience 2013-02-14T02:42:04Z Consider that an ‘average’ vole is less than 10 cm long and weighs somewhere between 20 and 50 g. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z According to the contractors, it took 18 months to get the necessary licence to clear the area of newts and water voles. 20 reasons why it can take 20 years to build a railway 2013-01-29T13:11:59Z An owl can triangulate a scurrying vole better than you or I ever could, but the kill is not always so graceful. The Last Thing the Squirrel Saw 2013-01-28T14:15:00.213Z Wetland animals - Water vole burrows and kingfisher holes were flooded by the rain. 'Challenging' year for wildlife 2012-12-27T19:05:00Z The conclusion drawn was that oxytocin, previously only studied in monogamous prairie voles, could also play a significant part in human pair-bonding. Louise Mensch, please, if you're going, go. And stay there 2012-11-18T00:03:03Z So, it would take almost 40 ‘average’ voles to make up one muskrat. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z And female voles’ natural mothering instinct seemed to disappear: when placed nearby young pups that were not their own, they didn’t dote, as they are wont to do. When the Cuddle Hormone Is a Home Wrecker 2012-10-16T18:45:01.597Z The hole at this kill site is likely enlarged by the repeated digging that is necessary to finally pierce a vole or grouse. The Last Thing the Squirrel Saw 2013-01-28T14:15:00.213Z Wolf calls oxytocin “women’s emotional superpower” and, citing research in prairie voles, concludes that it makes women more likely to become emotionally connected to their sexual partners than men are. What Neuroscience Says About Women and Desire 2012-09-18T23:35:31Z When that day dawns, it might be time for womankind to give up altogether and start joining dating sites for prairie voles. Louise Mensch, please, if you're going, go. And stay there 2012-11-18T00:03:03Z So, the western USA – Oregon and California – is home to the tree voles: the three Arborimus species. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z Editor's Note: Neurobiologist Larry Young studies a monogamous species of rodent, the prairie vole, to understand the behavior and chemistry behind relationships. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The researchers also concluded that the movement of voles from one patch of habitat to another spread diseases or pathogens to the newly explored areas. Voles' epic trips across Scotland 2012-09-06T11:40:46Z In Europe it is the bank vole, but in North America it is the deer mouse. Hunting the elusive Hantavirus 2012-09-03T11:54:10Z Mouselike animals called lemmings are snowy owls’ main food source, and the baby boom is sending young owls across the border to find voles, field mice, rats, rabbits and shore birds. Snowy owls appear outside Hogwarts 2012-01-16T19:26:33Z Secondly, unlike several other vole taxa living in modern North America, collared lemmings are not invaders from the Old World. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z In this excerpt, the authors describe the work of neurobiologist Oliver Bosch, a specialist in maternal behavior, who worked with Young's prairie voles to study the bitter price of bonding. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The dispersal strategy appears to be very effective in allowing the voles to thrive in such small numbers and at such great distances from each other. Voles' epic trips across Scotland 2012-09-06T11:40:46Z Prairie voles are monogamous primarily due to the actions of oxytocin in the female, and vasopressin in the male. Back off, stranger, that's my mate! The role of kappa opioid receptors 2012-08-27T14:15:05.573Z Manchester United and Arsenal are watching Celtic's Victor Wanyama with the sort of concentrated interest that owls reserve for particularly plump voles. Football transfer rumours: Gonzalo Higuaín to Manchester City? 2012-08-01T07:15:19Z Bales previously studied monogamy and parental behavior in prairie voles and primate behavior with NSF funding. Live Chat: The Science of Fatherhood 2012-06-13T13:08:42Z After five days, he split up half the brother pairs, and half the male-female pairs, creating what amounted to involuntary vole divorce. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z Water voles living in the north-west of Scotland live in small family groups of five to 10 individuals separated from other small populations by kilometres. Voles' epic trips across Scotland 2012-09-06T11:40:46Z In voles, this requires the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin, and the neurotransmitter dopamine. Back off, stranger, that's my mate! The role of kappa opioid receptors 2012-08-27T14:15:05.573Z These scores apply only to the first proposal or refusal in a hand, and only to the point, the score for the vole being unaffected. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z His report is especially valuable in its treatment of the ectoparasites of voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Then he put the voles through a series of behavioral tests. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The meadow voles and red squirrels tunnel through the snow. Green Blog: A Season of Confounded Expectations 2012-03-21T19:16:33Z And apart from problematical cases, every now and then, with locusts or voles, with rabbits in Australia, or sparrows in America, we get a vivid glimpse of what a "spate" of life may mean. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z "Play," says Y, and he wins the vole. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z Late in 1949 he began to capture voles over the rest of the Reservation, but not until 1950 were voles present in sufficient numbers for convenient study. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The voles that were separated from their brothers paddled manically. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z While water voles are the fastest declining mammal in the UK and vulnerable to drought, they can actually benefit from drought, as they eat plants on the water's edge. Can UK wildlife cope with drought? 2012-02-27T01:23:45Z Other species trapped include the montane vole, long-tailed vole, and Colorado chipmunk. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z With three trumps, refuse, unless the king of trumps is one of the three, when there is a great chance that the cards taken in may enable the vole to be won. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z The rare instances of death of voles in traps in winter were associated with wet nesting material, as these animals can survive much lower temperatures when they are dry. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z So did the voles who stayed with their brothers and the voles who stayed with their female mates. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z This means more food for the water voles. Can UK wildlife cope with drought? 2012-02-27T01:23:45Z Some factors affecting the distribution of the prairie vole, forest deer mouse, and prairie deer mouse. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z I can't say, as Madame de Sévigné did, "ma plume vole," for mine stops and scratches, and makes holes in the paper, and does everything it can to make my writing difficult. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Initial reluctance of the voles to enter the traps decreased as the traps became familiar parts of their environment. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Watching the videos of them bob limply, it's easy to imagine them moaning out "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" with their tiny vole voices. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The largely nocturnal birds also prey on a host of other animals, from voles to geese. Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration 2012-01-28T17:53:41Z Every one leaned eagerly forward, but each trick fell to my cousin, and he obtained the vole. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The owls’ Arctic diet is 90 percent lemmings, although the birds, which are powerful hunters, also eat mice, voles, ducks, hares and even fish when they migrate south. Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings 2012-01-23T00:39:15Z In the course of the program of live-trapping, many marked voles were recaptured one or more times. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Compared to the other voles, the divorced males were significantly less likely to explore the open arms of the maze. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z Lemming, lem′ing, n. a genus of rodents, nearly allied to voles, migrating southward in great numbers. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Then Evening goes to the hedgehog, to the fox, to the foumart, the whitterit, the bat, and the vole. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The runs of these wheat-harvesting voles are eight to twelve inches below the ground, and are connected with the surface by vertical holes. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z To a large degree, the formation of trap habits by voles was an individual peculiarity. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z He doesn't mean "under the weather," he means the divorced voles are emotionally miserable. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z Strong interpersonal relationships have been shown to ward off drug addiction, and new clues as to why come from prairie voles—rodents that form long-term, monogamous bonds with their mates. How Partners Prevent Addiction 2011-11-21T13:15:00.233Z These are the questions those voles seem trying in vain to solve. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z These voles do their harvesting in the evening. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z Those traps set in spots where there was little vegetation other than the dominant grass caught fewer voles than traps set in spots with a more varied cover. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z To explain the physiology behind this passive depression state in the separated voles, Bosch checked their chemistry. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The drug boosted dopamine, a brain chemical involved in pleasure and motivation, equivalently, but pair-bonded voles had fewer receptors ready to receive the dopamine signal. How Partners Prevent Addiction 2011-11-21T13:15:00.233Z Then the voles or water rats that live in the depths of this truly English forest are not the least curious specimens of animal life to be found therein. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Neither the voles nor any other of these interesting farmers and warehousemen used to get much credit for what they did. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z The higher basal cover provided by the Poa understory seemed to support a vole population larger than those that occurred in areas lacking the bluegrass. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The males separated from their mates had much higher levels of corticosterone, a stress chemical, in their blood than did any of the other groups, including voles separated from their brothers. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z Diagram of a sagittal section of the posterior half of a vole, natural size. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z The prairie vole is by far the most abundant mammal on the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation and on grassland areas throughout northeastern Kansas. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Skins of whitterit or weasel, of foumart or pole-cat, of the wild cat itself, of great unsightly rats, of moles and of voles, and hawks and owls galore. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z All of them seemed to be used by the voles for food during the early stages of growth, when they were tender and succulent. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z When he did, the divorced voles no longer hung limply from the sticks. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z This vole was one-half of the average length and less than one-fifth of the average weight of an adult, and of approximately the size at which weaning takes place. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z This vole therefore affects the vegetation, perhaps more than any other native vertebrate, and it is an important food source for most of the vertebrate predators. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z And I believe I would have had one, only out of its hole sprang a big black vole, and took to the water. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Presumably the cotton rats competed with the voles and exerted a depressing effect on their numbers. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z In other words, loads of this stress-related hormone were being pumped in both the voles who got depressed after separation and voles who were still happily bonded and didn't show signs of passive-stress coping. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The secondary and tertiary ossifications are progressively more common in older voles. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z Since the Reservation was established, in 1948, more data have been accumulated concerning this vole than for any other species of animal there. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z On many occasions opossums disturbed live-traps set for small animals, to obtain the voles, mice, skinks, or insects caught in them. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Progressive encroachment of woody vegetation onto study areas, and the accompanying shift of the centers of populations of voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z For the bonded voles, "it won't fire unless the partner leaves the nest," Bosch says. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The baculum in lemmings as a group cannot then be considered more primitive than in voles as a group, although the voles are usually considered to be more advanced. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z However, the weight of an individual vole may fluctuate widely over a short period, depending on pregnancy and parturition, length of time in a trap without food, availability of moisture, and other factors. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z There are mice, shrews, voles, for all of which he sets some primitive snare and captures. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z No voles have been taken from grazed sites. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Only the males who'd gone through vole divorce floated listlessly as if they didn't care whether they drowned. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z The situation in the voles, as we shall see, casts a different light on the matter. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z On the average, successive measurements varied by 1.43 mm., somewhat less than one per cent of the adult vole's total length. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z They are carnivorous, and eat mice, rats, voles, and moles. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z All of these exclosures were trapped and voles were taken in only two of them. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z In a final behavior test, Bosch placed the voles on an elevated maze, like the ones we've already described that tested anxiety. Love Hurts: Brain Chemistry Explains the Pangs of Separation [Excerpt] 2012-09-14T14:45:00.227Z Hinton thought also that the murine ancestors of microtines had shorter incisors and that the backward extension of the incisors in the voles is a more ancient feature than the hypsodonty of the molars. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z Occasional errors of two to four per cent were easily eliminated because for the voles used for growth records, series of measurements were available, with clearly defined trends. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Microtus ochrogaster can be separated from other voles in its geographic range by a combination of several characters. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z An examination of the nature of the various plant associations of the mixed prairie indicates that yield of grasses, amount of debris and basal cover may be critical factors in the distribution of voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z David Eilam of Tel Aviv University measured how groups of voles—a small, social rodent—responded to threats produced by barn owls, their main predator. We're in This Together 2011-05-30T12:45:00.447Z The voles in which the molars are least hypsodont are thus considered primitive. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z As compared with other mammals, voles are tolerant and somewhat social. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z The activities of voles, especially those of the genus Microtus, attracted the attention of naturalists even in early times. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z The association to which the voles seemed to belong was the lowland association. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Like humans, a few voles are very anxious, a few are not at all, and most are in the middle. We're in This Together 2011-05-30T12:45:00.447Z In my room I caught mice, voles, and shrews. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z That the voles are not monogamous in habits was demonstrated when the same female was often trapped in association with either of two males. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Several early naturalists in this country commented on the fluctuations in numbers of individuals, and on the breeding and feeding habits of voles. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z On the same area the population of small mammals was sampled in the summer of 1949 and, though occasional sign of voles was seen, not one vole was trapped. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z When barn owls flew over the cages of individual voles, each of the ’ nervousness increased by about the same amount, as measured by standard behavioral tests. We're in This Together 2011-05-30T12:45:00.447Z They headed for a magpie nest that had been appropriated by a pair of long-eared owls, because of voles that live on the grassland around it. Scientist At Work denver Holt: Getting Wise to the Owl, a Charismatic Sentry in Climate Change 2011-05-23T21:59:14Z At first, each vole is intimidated by movements of the other, and as a result, the original occupants huddle in their established corner while the newcomer cowers in the most remote part of the container. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Five hundred individuals were caught in snap-traps, and forty additional voles that were marked were captured a total of 157 times. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z A few voles were trapped in large openings in the woods, where a prairie vegetation remained and where voles seemingly lived in nearly isolated groups. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Field voles thrive under snow cover as it protects them from raptors Scotland's recent freezing winters have resulted in a huge population explosion of field voles across the country. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z Water voles are widespread elsewhere in Europe, living in the banks of slow moving rivers, streams and other waterways. Swimming back 2011-05-07T16:18:29Z Gradually the voles become less timid and one may approach another slowly and cautiously, to sniff at it. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Immediately upon removal from the trap, each vole was placed in a white flannel sack, one sack sufficing for several voles when necessary. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Woods, rocky outcroppings and bare ground were not used regularly by voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Scientists in Dumfries and Galloway have recorded the highest number of field voles in 20 years, and a five-fold increase on average levels. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z The large beans formed in the earth would also be hard to gather but for the help of certain little animals called voles, or wood mice, or bean mice. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Severe fighting between adult prairie voles occurs at times. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Number 33, therefore, was assigned to the one vole of which the middle toe of each hind foot had been cut off. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Fields in the early stages of succession also failed to support a population of voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The numbers of field voles usually peaks every few years - known as a plague or outbreak - but this year has been exceptional in the south and west of Scotland, researchers have said. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z The voles dig the large beans and store them in considerable quantities in storage places which they hollow out in the ground and which they cover over with sticks and leaves and earth. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Nests were constructed by the voles beneath several such pieces of tarpaper and runways appeared beneath all the pieces that were placed in habitat favorable to the voles. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z The diet of the prairie vole reflects both its environment and its choice of food. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z The tendency of voles to avoid woody vegetation was again demonstrated. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Professor of ecology at Aberdeen University, Xavier Lambin, said it was very difficult to work out the total number of field voles in Scotland, but one study has estimated it at 41 million. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z At one time an old blind man of the Teton-Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation on the upper Missouri River went out to the vicinity of a vole’s store-house to meditate and pray. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Returning twenty minutes later I found another adult vole at this trap. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z The vegetation, which supplies the food for the vole, is important as cover or nesting material. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Traps number 29 and 30, in the shade of a large honey locust tree, also caught but few voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z If the figures recorded in the southern uplands were reflected across Scotland, field vole numbers could be 10 times that and so swell into the hundreds of millions this year. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z Tamerah Hunt, a senior at Oxon Hill High School, started last summer devising an experiment that would break new ground in the behavior of two types of vole, a shy, mouselike creature. National Zoo reopens, but it's far from business as usual 2011-03-03T20:18:01Z This grooming may have some significance as a search for ectoparasites such as fleas, or mites that often infest the voles. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Prairie voles inhabit areas where the dominant plants in summer are clover or grasses or both. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z In spite of the marked general tendency to avoid woody plants, some voles made their runways around the roots of blackberry bushes, sumac and wild plum trees. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Field voles in the southern uplands are at record levels. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z Instead, the shutdown coincided with the critical three weeks when Tamerah was to work with the baby voles every day. National Zoo reopens, but it's far from business as usual 2011-03-03T20:18:01Z For a series of 67 other newborn voles representing 27 different litters in seven different years, I found an average of 2.9 ± .05 grams. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z In areas where this vine was not available, the voles abandoned their surface runways and remained below the ground, coming to the surface only under the protection of a blanket of snow. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z More vegetation was found under the woody plants which the voles chose to use for shelter than under those which they avoided. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z This protects the voles from the coldest temperatures and the cover stops them from being hunted by birds of prey like buzzards and owls, he said. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z From prairie voles and chimps to parallel universes and rock 'n' roll music, you'd be surprised how much we learn about us by looking at them. The Sundance Diaries: Focus on the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2011-02-16T14:15:02.023Z Weights of the newborn voles could not be correlated with season, size, age of females, or food conditions. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z They were common here; 300 traps yielded 111 voles in two nights. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z A mixed stand of grasses, with an obvious weedy component, can support a larger population of voles than can either a nearly pure stand of grass or the typical early seral stages dominated by weeds. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z When the snow melts, a complex network of runs and tunnels is revealed in the grass in areas where there are high numbers of voles. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z Their study was conducted in the prairie vole, a small rodent that mates for life. The Illusions of Love 2011-02-14T14:15:03.787Z Therefore, in most instances the newborn voles examined were merely weighed or an approximate measurement was estimated without stretching the young to its full length. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z The vole makes successive cuttings, 40 or 50 millimeters from the ground, until the desired parts of the plant are within reach. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Probably the more or less continual supply of young plants provided preferred food easily available to voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The brood size of tawny owls is one of the ways we measure field vole populations. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z In fact, the discovery of oxytocin's social effects came from studies of two species of voles, one monogamous and one promiscuous. How Porn Can Ruin Men for Real-Life Sex 2011-02-09T06:20:00Z Newborn voles were obtained when females that were caught in live-traps produced their litters before they were found and released. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z In three nights 70 traps caught 8 prairie voles and 3 deer mice; no pine mice or cotton rats were caught on the area. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Differential survival of voles according to month when first caught. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Another ecologist working for the Forestry Commission at Aberfoyle said there were "crazy" amounts of voles in the Loch Ard forest. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z Oxytocin was found to affect the pleasure systems of the brain mainly in the monogamous voles. How Porn Can Ruin Men for Real-Life Sex 2011-02-09T06:20:00Z Many of the newborn voles were marked by toe-clipping, according to the same system used for adults. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z The stomachs of the voles and the deer mice were examined, and only the stomachs of the voles contained green material. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z These voles were assumed to have been present during the month in which they were not caught. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Raptor experts report that buzzards and owls - which feed on field voles - are thriving this year. Vole plague reaches record level 2011-05-12T23:37:09Z This tiny chemical, released from the hypothalamus region of the brain, gives rat mothers the urge to nurse their pups, keeps male prairie voles monogamous and, even more remarkable, makes people trust each other more. Depth of the Kindness Hormone Appears to Know Some Bounds 2011-01-10T20:00:35Z Females with newborn young were made far more aggressive than most other voles by their tendency to protect their young from possible danger. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Occasionally a vole took a piece of food into a live trap. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Trap lines on the opposite sides of these roads rarely caught marked voles that had crossed in either direction. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The most abundant of those species was the deer mouse, which isn’t as choosy about its habitat as the vole is. Aspens Bust, Diseased Mice Boom 2011-01-10T16:32:00Z The diversity of California voles that once existed statewide now remains mostly around San Francisco. Climate Changes, and There Goes the Neighborhood 2010-10-18T16:35:00Z In captivity such females usually took the offensive in attacking or rebuffing any other voles confined with them. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Grasses of the genus Poa are the kinds most frequently found in the mouths of dead voles. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z There was a seeming correlation between high rainfall with rapid growth of grasses and reproductive activity, and, secondarily with high population densities of voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Using the natural predator-and-prey relationship between the barn owl and the vole, a small animal in the rodent family, researchers were able to test unified group responses to a common threat. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z It may also explain why Eastern coyotes appear to be more adept as deer hunters than their Western forebears, which tend toward smaller prey, like voles and rabbits. Mysteries That Howl and Hunt 2010-09-27T20:40:00Z Young, up to the time of weaning, appeared not to differentiate between the mother and other adult voles. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Four times, piles of seeds in runways indicated the species of plants which the voles were storing. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Newborn voles were killed by the saturated condition of the ground in which they lay. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Prof. Eilam and his fellow researchers measured the anxiety levels of three groups of ten voles each. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z Numbers of water voles have dropped by 90 per cent in recent years because they are killed by mink, and their river bank homes are disappearing. Endangered voles make a comeback 2010-06-18T06:47:00Z The slowing trend of growth in voles that are nearing subadult size is well shown by these records. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z This cache was in a large chamber in a tunnel system of the prairie vole, on an east-facing hillside of walnut trees, catalpas, and Kentucky coffee trees. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z While cotton rats were abundant their competition may have been an important factor in depressing population levels of voles. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The more time a vole spent in protected areas, the higher the anxiety level, though this varied among individual voles. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z There's great news for water voles as the endangered creatures appear to be making a comeback in parts of the UK. Endangered voles make a comeback 2010-06-18T06:47:00Z The higher ratios of males than of females in the three largest size groups is well shown, as is the higher ratio of females among those voles of small adult size. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z Three times, seeds of other plants were found piled at the entrances of the burrows of voles. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z A seeming relationship was observed between the number of times an individual was trapped and the total area used during the entire time the vole was trapped. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Then the researchers exposed the voles to a common threat, placing the voles' cage within a barn owl enclosure, and attracted owls to the cages by placing meat on top of the cage. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z Water voles are so endangered that they have been given full legal protection - which means it's a crime to hurt or kill one, or to disturb where they live. Endangered voles make a comeback 2010-06-18T06:47:00Z Many of the voles recorded on the half-acre area ranged more or less beyond its boundaries. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z The prairie voles utilize several species of Bromus. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z However, the voles caught in the winter often enough to be used for home range studies were too few for a thorough study of seasonal variation in the size of home ranges. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z The voles' experience, says Prof. Eilam, was one of being attacked. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z But now a survey has shown there are more than 30 'water vole hotspots' where the creatures are fighting back. Endangered voles make a comeback 2010-06-18T06:47:00Z Dividing the young voles in eight size groups and separating each group into comparable summer and winter samples, I found more rapid average growth in the summer sample in only two instances. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z There is sufficient room between the stems of the clover and alfalfa plants to allow the voles to pass through without treading on the stems. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z Many voles shifted their home range and a few did so abruptly. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z After a night of exposure to their natural predator, the voles were tested once again for anxiety. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z "In the Pleistocene, there were about as many gophers as there were voles as there were deer mice," Hadly said. Small Mammals?and Rest of Food Chain?at Greater Risk From Global Warming Than Thought 2010-05-25T16:06:00Z Over-all length in young prairie voles of definitely known ages, up to 40 days. Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) 2011-09-19T02:00:13.453Z In such a habitat, vole runways are poorly developed, and are difficult to find. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z The large range of a female vole, described above and plotted in Fig. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z Now, researchers found that each vole was equally stressed. Is Anxiety Contagious? 2010-10-18T16:20:00Z Water voles often bring their food to the water's edge and leave the chewed up remains in neat piles which ecologists use to monitor their eating patterns. 'Vegetarian' water voles get taste for frogs' legs 2010-04-30T16:39:00Z |
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