Pictures: Carl Morrow / Vincent Wildlife Trust Why do stoats have this black tip to their tails? The black-tipped tail is the stoat's most distinctive feature, but it's not there just to look good.

I had a chance to photograph a very interesting animal – the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea). Also called ermine, the short-tailed weasel is a tiny bundle of energy wrapped ...

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 ...