Thinking they were all alone, the team was overjoyed when a small furry face popped out from a pile of stones - a rust-coloured stoat they named Randall. The stoat - a member of the mustelid ...

A trio of stoat-detection dogs have arrived in Orkney in the latest phase of an eradication project. Stoats are common in parts of mainland Scotland, but only started appearing in Orkney in 2010.

Orkney has a stoat problem, and Macca the Fox Terrier has been flown in from New Zealand to help get rid of them. It is the first time in the UK a dog has been used for the task. Stoats are native ...