Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native mammals have wreaked havoc on indigenous birds and voles since their arrival on the ...

This jingle isn’t about the little furry mammal. The dress-maker’s ‘weasel’, a yarn-measuring device, made a popping sound. When short of money, you pawned, or 'popped’, valuables to buy ...