The pile of cotton and hamster bedding rises and falls steadily, as though the two prairie voles snuggled beneath are breathing in unison. In the wild, these “potato chips of the prairie” would be ...

If you’ve spent any time driving our rural highways at night this season, you’ve probably squashed your share of prairie voles, the little pointy-nosed, long-tailed rodents that have a habit of ...

The prairie vole is a small Midwestern rodent known for shacking up and settling down, a tendency that is rare among mammals. Mated pairs form bonds, share a nest and raise young together. In the ...