Posts Tagged: rodent

Rats in the Garden

If you are growing tomatoes in your garden, you may not be the only vertebrate going for your hard...

Invasive Spotlight: Nutria

Nutria are found near rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands. Their burrowing and feeding on...

Rats and Mice: How to Manage Using Snap Traps

Trapping is the safest and most effective method for controlling rats and mice in and around homes,...

Got Gophers?

Gophers are well-known and certainly unwelcome pests in landscapes, gardens, lawns, and athletic...

Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]

Adult pocket gopher peeking out of a burrow entrance. [Credit: T. Chalmers]

Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]

Characteristic crescent-shaped mound and plugged burrow opening of a pocket gopher. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]

Ground Squirrels: Furry Foes

  Although they're small, cute, and furry, ground squirrels can be a real pest for California...

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