Summary of main findings. Top: The main finding from Experiment 1 is that males from mixed dyads tended to behave more persistently toward the divider compared to males from matched dyads. No such effects were observed in females. Bottom: The main finding from Experiment 2 is that females from mixed dyads were more likely to chase and attack compared to females from matched dyads. Correlations between Experiments 1 and 2 reinforced the influence of dyad type on social behaviors (not illustrated here). Furthermore, matched-dyad females were more likely to transition from chasing to huddling, even though chasing was less frequent in females from matched dyads.

Humans have stronger social affinity for people with matched 'neurotypes'. @brendonwatson20.bsky.social &co reveal a similar phenomenon in #PrairieVoles; #voles have higher #social affinity for the opposite sex when placed in matched- versus mixed-neurotype dyads @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4bUJjjz

Rare vole thriving as invasive stoat numbers reduced - Inside Ecology New report shows Orkney voles increasing as invasive stoats are removed  Today a report has been published showing that the work of the Orkney Native Wildlife Project to remove stoats is continuing to...

Rare vole thriving as invasive stoat numbers reduced #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #voles insideecology.com/2026/03/31/r...

Summary of main findings. Top: The main finding from Experiment 1 is that males from mixed dyads tended to behave more persistently toward the divider compared to males from matched dyads. No such effects were observed in females. Bottom: The main finding from Experiment 2 is that females from mixed dyads were more likely to chase and attack compared to females from matched dyads. Correlations between Experiments 1 and 2 reinforced the influence of dyad type on social behaviors (not illustrated here). Furthermore, matched-dyad females were more likely to transition from chasing to huddling, even though chasing was less frequent in females from matched dyads.

Humans have stronger social affinity for people with matched 'neurotypes'. @brendonwatson20.bsky.social &co reveal a similar phenomenon in #PrairieVoles; #voles have higher #social affinity for the opposite sex when placed in matched- versus mixed-neurotype dyads @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4bUJjjz

Summary of main findings. Top: The main finding from Experiment 1 is that males from mixed dyads tended to behave more persistently toward the divider compared to males from matched dyads. No such effects were observed in females. Bottom: The main finding from Experiment 2 is that females from mixed dyads were more likely to chase and attack compared to females from matched dyads. Correlations between Experiments 1 and 2 reinforced the influence of dyad type on social behaviors (not illustrated here). Furthermore, matched-dyad females were more likely to transition from chasing to huddling, even though chasing was less frequent in females from matched dyads.

Humans have stronger social affinity for people with matched 'neurotypes'. @brendonwatson20.bsky.social &co reveal a similar phenomenon in #PrairieVoles; #voles have higher #social affinity for the opposite sex when placed in matched- versus mixed-neurotype dyads @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4bUJjjz

Photo of a Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) nibbling on something (most likely a small seed) held in his or her forepaws, hidden away in a space beneath a Nettle but with the sun shining on them. The Vole is facing towards the left side of the image. The Bank Vole looks rather like a mouse, but with a blunter, rounder face, shorter ears held almost flat against the head, and a shorter tail (not that we can see the tail in this picture). The fur is mostly a rich chestnut-brown colour, but the underparts and tail are whitish. The eyes are black, and the feet are pale pink.

Post #8 in my Brandon Marsh #NaturePhotography thread features this Bank Vole, hidden away under the cover of a Nettle but lit up by the sun, while nibbling on some small morsel held in his or her forepaws. The average lifespan of a Bank Vole is 6 to 18 months. #Mammals #Voles #UKWildlife #ECK 🌿

Tracks in the grass

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

It was only a fraction of a second but eyes connected across an uncrowded flower bed. #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #valentinesday #birds #voles

Second vole of the day, a field vole. It is similar in size to a bank vole but has less prominent ears, a shorter tail and is rougher/greyer in coat and colour. It is also a lot chunkier. Chomping on that fat ball isn’t going to help. #nature #photography #voles

Two voles come nose to nose in front of a moss and lichen covered rock.

💘 Some smooching bank voles for Valentine's Day.😘

🫶 "Vole" is an anagram of "love" after all! 🥰

📸 Great shot by Rosanna Forbes.😍

#valentinesday #voles #valentine

Meadow Vole

Hi, I'm Meadow Vole. Looking for the opportunity to mate. Not picky about season (maybe not in February). I'm experienced, being a father of 30 already. Just casual, nothing long-term. Please don't respond if already pregnant or closely related
#NonHumanNeighbours #Mammals #Voles #Nature #Wildlife

Field #Mouse and Bank #Voles in the garden in Aberdeen today. First voles seen here for many years. Dull day, and photographed through the window ...
@nesmammals.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social

That moment when you realise the subject has noticed you back. Tiny claws clinging to its morsel of food, mouth agape mid-bite, eyes wide with pure “How dare you interrupt my dinner!” energy. #photography #EastCoastKin #nature #voles #wildlife

The little vole,
Ran between the old gate posts,
Crunching through snow trail.

#littlecreatures #voles #nature #haiku #poem #poetry #observations #winter #snowstorm #EastCoastKin

I can't read the story, but the mention of water #voles takes me back to the River Yonne, Auxerre, France, in 2014. 'Ratty' spotted the Aussie tourists walking along the riverside path and followed us for quite a while. Magic moment of the day.

#€£¥$€€ #Voles
FRANCE 🇫🇷
I've always said that with this President, we'd have to count the porcelain & silver spoons

tesla as an adult cat and tofu as a kitten both looking out the window of our arizona home together 5 years ago. tesla is teaching tofu how to spot the lizards in the yard, and this is probably where all my 'tofu catching a live animal and holding it in his mouth until i forcibly remove it' troubles began

tesla as an adult cat and tofu as a kitten both looking out the window of our arizona home together 5 years ago, same window as other photo but different occasion. this time tofu spotted the lizard first and tesla is now joining him

hey do any of my fellow pet parents have suggestions for humane rodent traps that are have features to keep pets, especially cats, out? i'll be tucking them in hard to reach places, but for cats those places are not especially hard to reach.

#cats #caturday #pests #voles #mice #rats #rodents #traps

Several sets of animal tracks cross a snowy field.

Winter animal tracking is a blast. Deer, wolf, and this beautiful set of vole tracks, bottom center, today.

#winter #landscapephotography #animalpics #landscapes #animals #voles #landscapes

Alticola yarlungia, dorsal, ventral and lateral view.

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

Alticola yarlungia

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/DF350893-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AlticolaYarlungia

#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #mammals #rodentia #rodents #voles

🚫 ...UGH..!

#Moles #Voles #LawnAndGarden #JLV

A small blue tinted mushroom surrounded by brown/yellow grass. Sropharia caerulia .common name Blue Roundhead

A small yellow mushroom amongst grass - Bolbitius vitellinus ; on manured ground with viscid cap - the genus name means 'of cow dung'!

several brown round headed mushrooms on long thin stems amidst green grass. Panaelous maybe speciosus

people stood around a pond full of water

There is always something to see though: We recorded bank voles & a brown hare. We went to see the newly enlarged (and recently filled) pond, and our grey day was brightened by a hunting kestrel and some spectacular fungi! 🍄#fungi #ponds #hares #voles

Avoid Putting Pets and Wildlife in Peril With Your Halloween Decorations | The Animal Rescue Site Halloween decorations bring out the fun in fall, but behind the glowing pumpkins and spooky webs lurk hidden dangers for animals. Deer can get trapped in plastic buckets. Birds and bats can tangle in ...

Please avoid putting companion animals and wildlife in danger.

#Halloween #CompanionAnimals #pets #wildlife #deer #birds #bats #voles #possums #rabbits #dogs #cats #AnimalsMatter
#AnimalSafety

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Avoid Putting Pets and Wildlife in Peril With Your Halloween Decorations | The Animal Rescue Site Halloween decorations bring out the fun in fall, but behind the glowing pumpkins and spooky webs lurk hidden dangers for animals. Deer can get trapped in plastic buckets. Birds and bats can tangle in fake webs.

Please do your best to avoid putting companion animals and wildlife in danger.

#Halloween #CompanionAnimals #pets #wildlife #deer #birds #bats #voles #possums #rabbits #dogs #cats

theanimalrescuesite.com/blogs/news/h...

#gardening #wildlifegarden #ukwildlife #voles #hedges #trees #meadows #birds

#31DaysOfHalloween #skull
#SkeletalizedLeaf #Voles

Microtus sp. (probably M. arvalis). Ludwikowo, Zielonka Forest, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#voles #norniki #rodents #gryzonie #mammals #ssaki

Water voles return to the Hogsmill River in historic Surrey rewilding milestone - South East Rivers Trust Water voles return to Surrey after 20 years in a landmark reintroduction along the Hogsmill River, led by the South East Rivers Trust and partners.

Water #voles returned to #Surrey river in #rewilding project

www.southeastriverstrust.org/water-voles-...

Six million years of vole dental evolution shaped by tooth development | PNAS Morphological change occurs over macroevolutionary timescales under the action of natural selection and genetic drift combined with developmental p...

🚨New PhD research 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 @cnrs.fr @helsinki.fi @gtk-fi.bsky.social!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #FossilFriday

#California #squirrels are now being seen hunting and eating meat — something scientists didn’t expect. A new study found #Californiagroundsquirrels have started chasing, killing, and eating #voles (small rodent animals), especially where voles have become very common #Wildlife

#GardenCreaturesUK
#Voles #Mice #Shrews
Can anyone identify this tiny rodent from my very poor video! Tried to get a still but it’s hiding its head with the leaves it’s collecting to take to its nest in the dry stone wall.