Two prairie voles, life-long mates, sit in separate cages. One hears a distinctive tone, and receives a small electric shock. When the voles are reunited, the second vole quickly starts licking and ...

What makes an animal want to stick with another for life? Monogamy may not be commonplace among all of Earth's creatures, but for a select few, it's the secret to survival. Take the prairie vole ...

Purdue University research has shown that the vole, a mouselike rodent, is not only the fastest evolving mammal, but also harbors a number of puzzling genetic traits that challenge current scientific ...

The common vole (Microtus arvalis) is the most common species in European farmland. Continent-scale collapses in population cycles of these species and other grass-eating voles could have profound ...

Brian Callahan took this photo in his garden in the Valley of a California vole (Microtus californicus) that made an ...