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Human behavioral studies indicate that people have stronger social affinity for people with matched 'neurotypes'. This study reveals a similar phenomenon in #PrairieVoles; #voles have higher #social affinity for the opposite sex when placed in matched- versus mixed-neurotype dyads @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4bUJjjz

The Habitat Foundation Mar 23

The scientific committee of the Small Mammal Conservation Conference (SMCC) is known. Eleven scientists from eight countries will check the submitted abstracts for oral and poster presentations, and will prepare the programme. Submit your abstract and register as early bird before April:
https://smcc.habitatfoundation.org

#SMCC #discovermammals #voles #hamster #souslik #shrew #molerat #rat #squirrel #mouse #mice #Bulgaria

GeologistsCat Mar 15

Today during #hedgewatch our humans found this pattern on a #meadow. We explained them that these are tracks made by #voles that move under #snow.

#sunday #walk #nature #mouse

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earthling Dec 26

A vole looks surprised as it is carried away in the talons of a white-tailed kite in Mountain View, California, US, in July
Photograph: Sha Lu/SWNS

#photography
#birds
#kites
#voles

Green Shores Dec 10

Here's a throwback to a very still winter's day at the start of the year.
The Green Shores team have spotted what we assume was a water vole -it was too fast to be sure- hopping into and swimming in these naturally forming salt pans.
Salt pans are a bit like rock pools without the rocks, where water remains when the tide is out.
Restoring saltmarsh provides more habitat for all the saltmarsh creatures.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #voles #Biodiversity

Plazi Species Dec 5

#NewSpecies!
New mountain vole from #tibet just came in:

Alticola yarlungia

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF350893-EB56-58B8-B585-64D256AD44B3
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.170704
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AlticolaYarlungia

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammalogy #mammals #rodentia #rodents #voles

Fabien LAFUMA Aug 1, 2025

🚨New PhD research, now published in PNAS!🚨

Combining fossils and lab experiments, we found that simple changes in tooth #development explain 6 million years of molar #evolution in #voles 🐭🦷

Shoutout to my coauthors from @cnrs Uni. Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Uni. of Helsinki, and GTK Finland!

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505624122 #FossilFriday

AlisonCorfield Jun 5, 2025

#dailysketchbook #river #banks #rats #voles #mice #colours #collage #freemachinestitch

Gina Jun 3, 2025

California Voles (Microtus californicus) stay active year-round, especially at dawn and dusk. As they scurry through their runways, they leave scent trails with urine to track where they’ve been and who else has passed by.

#voles #mammals #wildlife #nature #california

belpatca Apr 28, 2025

I rescued a vole from the window well. I scooped it up in a metal bucket and the vole drank the little bit of water left in the bucket long enough to pose for a picture.
#animals #voles