Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Timelapse of European mole (Talpa europaea) hill appearing on lawn, with Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, March.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Pyrenean Desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) native to Spain and the Pyrenees of France, vulnerable species. Pencil and watercolor painting.

Barry Mansell / Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) North Florida, USA

Daniel Heuclin / Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus pyrenaicus) Pyrenees, France, Controlled conditions. vulnerable species

Daniel Heuclin / Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus pyrenaicus) Pyrenees, France, Controlled conditions. vulnerable species

Roland Seitre / Desman (Desmana moschata) in water, Russia

Roland Seitre / Desman (Desmana moschata) in water, Russia

Roland Seitre / Desman (Desmana moschata) in snow, Russia

Ingo Arndt / European Mole (Talpa europaea) close up of paw

Duncan Usher / European Mole (Talpa europaea) emerging from mound, Europe

Gerry Ellis / Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus), North America

Gerry Ellis / Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) emerging from underground burrow along garden, North America

Gerry Ellis / Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) emerging from underground burrow, North America

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of a Mole, (Talpa europaea), with original hand colouring from Conrad Gesner 'Icones Animalium' 1560. Before the advent of Linnaeus' binomial latin taxonomic nomenclature such tra...

Roland Seitre / Desman (Desmana moschata) swimming, Russia

Ingo Arndt / European Mole (Talpa europaea) close up of underside of foot