More than 200 captive-bred water voles have been released at a secret location close to Haweswater, as part of an attempt to create a thriving population of the endangered species in Cumbria.

Made famous by Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, water voles are often described as 'nature's engineers'. | ITV News ...

By adopting a water vole, it will not only help the charity further its ‘mission to make water voles a common sight once more’ along Cumbrian rivers, but also support their wider work to ‘enhance and ...

T o this day I am not quite sure whether I began by watching the water-voles, or whether it was the water-voles that began by watching me. I have a suspicion that a water-vole managed to spy me ...

Water voles - a species that has declined by 90% in the past 30 years - have made their home in a park in York, it has been confirmed. The creatures, which are on the red list of threatened ...

In Scotland a water vole becomes a triathlete - sprinting across a valley, swimming a loch and climbing a mountain to find a new home in which to raise her pups. Invasive American mink could kill ...

The water vole is one of the UK's fastest declining mammals A new project to recover water vole populations in London is calling on members of the public to help with conservation efforts.

Chris Packham uses a man-made burrow to investigate water voles, which are one of the rarest burrowing animals in the UK and an endangered species. He explains how they like to spend a lot of time ...