Mole burrows often show themselves above ground as ridges, slightly elevated trails, or mounds of fresh dirt. Moles do not hibernate. Instead, they remain active year round, traveling under snow and ice. Each day, the mole consumes more food than its weight. Females give birth to 1-8 young, once or twice per year.
Young moles are blind and hairless at birth.
Within the first ten days of life, a light brown covering of fur begins to appear. Often responsible for heavy crop, garden and lawn damage, moles are very often trapped or eradicated. However, the mole population is also responsible for aerating soil and fertilizing many crops. Trapping methods have proved largely unsuccessful in North America, where the mole lives in abundance. The ground mole is blind, yet surprisingly, a hard worker responsible for building elaborate underground burrows.