It is hoped edible glitter could help conservationists to track the shy species in the wild.

Water voles (Arvicola amphibius), often mistaken for rats, are shy little mammals that scientists call "ecosystem engineers." ...

Endangered water voles are being offered food covered in edible glitter in the hope that conservationists will be able to ...

Conservationists in Wales are feeding water voles edible glitter to track them in the wild — and a single sparkly poo could ...

A conservation group in Wales is hoping to help track water voles by feeding them edible glitter which will come out in their poo.

For centuries, the word glitter referred to the eye-catching shimmer of a substance like water, glass, or precious metal. Since the 1930s, however, the term has applied to a single flat ...

Glitter — a microplastic — washes off into landfills and waterways where it lives for a thousand or more years, impacting water and wildlife. Beauty journalist Jessica DeFino is calling for ...

Endangered water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction. Once commonly found across south Wales, water voles are now effectively extinct in all but a few ...

Water voles are fed edible glitter in the hopes that their movements can be tracked Endangered water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction. Once ...