New Zealand’s unique wildlife faces a serious threat from an unexpected source – the common household cat. Conservation ...

An internal communication from the university to staff in late March – shared with The Ferret – said it had bought the former Scottish ­Widows building opposite Edinburgh’s ­Commonwealth swimming pool ...

The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

Critics, however, have expressed concern that profits could be siphoned out of Scotland. The Ferret looked at distilleries which produce single malt whiskies. These are whiskies which are produced at ...

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has revealed how much a senior director was paid in redundancy after a challenge by the Stray Ferret. Simon Dennis, who was corporate director for policing, ...

The number of curlew wading birds in Orkney is on the rise again after a drive to reduce the number of predatory stoats. The carnivorous mammals are classed as an invasive species in the islands, and ...

The RSPB said latest data indicated a 21% rise in curlews in Orkney, in contrast to mainland Scotland and other parts of the UK [Getty Images] ...

The number of curlew wading birds in Orkney is on the rise again after a drive to reduce the number of predatory stoats. The carnivorous mammals are classed as an invasive species in the islands ...

The Orcadian curlew population is on the rise following an effort to reduce the numbers of an invasive predator, experts have said. In a report, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB ...

The carnivorous mammals are classed as an invasive species in the islands, and a culling programme for stoats began in 2019. At the time, a survey suggested the curlew population had declined by ...

In a report, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said on Monday that the species population has grown, after an initiative to reduce the number of stoats living on the islands came ...