A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole.

European water voles returned to Britain from ice-free refuges in Iberia and Eastern Europe after the last ice age, with these two clades contributing to genetic diversity in UK populations.

A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole.

The work we've undertaken at Timble Ings Woods makes it a fantastic habitat for water voles and is important for the protection of this vulnerable species.' A strong swimmer, the European ...

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have sequenced the genome – a complete set of genetic instructions – of the European water vole (Arvicola amphibius), a semi-aquatic rodent under ...

preying on water voles. It has been a problem that has also been seen in other parts of Europe, particularly the Netherlands and Belgium. Surveys across the UK have now shown another steep fall.

A single breeding mink can eliminate an entire water vole colony. No mink have been seen near Malham Tarn for 10 years. Roisin Black, a National Trust ranger, said: "In the rest of Europe ...

and that the money will be used to support species such as water vole, otter, wild brown trout and European eel. Chloe Edwards, the trust's director of nature recovery, said: "We know that one in ...

A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole. A new tool ...

A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole.

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have sequenced the genome – a complete set of genetic instructions – of the European water vole (Arvicola amphibius), a semi-aquatic rodent under serious ...

preying on water voles. It has been a problem that has also been seen in other parts of Europe, particularly the Netherlands and Belgium. Surveys across the UK have now shown another steep fall.