Key Points Use castor oil, coffee grounds, or garlic and chili pepper spray to deter moles.Flooding mole tunnels is temporary and best when combined with other deterrents.A long-term solution is to ...

A study of moles reveals that cold weather -- not lack of food -- drives the rare phenomenon of reversible brain shrinkage in mammals. A study of moles reveals that cold weather -- not lack of food -- ...

Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century. Researchers spent two years searching the sand ...

I have been bombarded with questions about moles, voles, and pocket gophers lately. Identifying which mammal is causing damage seems to be a major problem among lawn owners. Therefore I will try to ...

An international team of scientists has for the first time identified two new underground mammals that could have been living, undetected, in eastern Turkey for up to 3 million years. They say it is ...

Scientists still find thousands of new species on Earth every year, but finding a new mammal is a relative rarity. Scientists have found not one, but two new species of mole native to southeastern ...

It’s giving “going underground” a whole new meaning. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, scientists have identified new creatures in eastern Turkey that could have been living there for 3 million ...

It has long been claimed that only one mammal – the golden mole – has fur that shimmers with rainbow colours, but it now turns out that at least a dozen more mammals have iridescent fur too ...

What is unusual about her encounter is that mole kingsnakes are typically secretive and prefer to be underground. It's such a rare sighting that iNaturalist scientists believe hers is the first ...

If you’ve started to notice signs of tunneling in your yard, there’s a good chance that you have a mole infestation. For the most part, moles are small, harmless mammals that spend their lives beneath ...

Notice those fat, furry creatures popping out of holes in your grass and snacking on your lawn? They may appear cute and harmless, but if you're worried about them, you certainly are not making a ...

Moles aren’t all bad. They aerate the soil, leave natural fertilizer, and eat grubs that can harm plants. With those benefits ...