Ann & Steve Toon / Dead moles (Talpa europea) hung up in a line on barbed wire. Durham, UK. May.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting for moles during summer on the open plains, Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunts for moles during summer on the open plains Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa.

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

Nature Production / Burying beetles (Nicrophorus japonicus) on left and (Nicrphorus concolor) on right, feeding on dead mole, Japan

Nature Production / Burying beetle (Nicrophorus concolor) feeding on dead mole, Japan

Nature Production / Burying beetle (Nicrophorus japonicus) feeding on dead mole, Japan

Nick Upton / Mole hills newly excavated by European mole (Talpa europaea) in hillside pastureland. Wiltshire, UK, January 2010.

Nick Upton / Mole hills newly excavated by European mole (Talpa europaea) in hillside pastureland. Wiltshire, UK, January 2010.