A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole. A new tool to ...

A new tool to help conserve one of the UK’s most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole. The genome was ...

Conservationists are pleased to see a vital mammal on the rise after severe population loss. The Guardian recently reported that water voles in the United Kingdom are showing signs of recovery despite ...

As part of its attempts to arrest the decline in water voles in the United Kingdom over the past few decades, the Canal and River Trust is installing wooden ramps for the benefit of a small colony ...

Endangered water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction. Once commonly found across south Wales, water voles are now effectively extinct in all but a few ...

A tiny mammal that faces local extinction was reintroduced to the rivers of southern England. Screengrab from the National Trust’s Facebook post When many think of extinction, they imagine the massive ...

A NATIONAL charity is calling for help to save Britain’s fastest declining mammal. The People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has asked for "vole-unteers" across England, Scotland, and Wales to ...

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People in Devon are being urged to take part in a national survey of water voles by a wildlife charity. The People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is looking for volunteers for its National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 5, 2026, in East Yorkshire, UK, a heron slid across icy water at Blacktoft Sands, allowing a water vole to escape.

Conservationists have reintroduced water voles into a river for the first time in more than 20 years. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust said they had returned 100 water voles to a stretch of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 5, 2026, in East Yorkshire, UK, a heron slid across icy water at Blacktoft Sands, allowing a water vole to escape.