Prison officers’ union calls for immediate end to practice at HMYOI Wetherby over fears for child and animal welfare Pet ferrets kept as therapy animals at the UK’s largest children’s prison have been ...

On the surface there is nothing particularly glamorous about Cap Ferret, a narrow, fingerlike peninsula of ten tiny villages and beaches an hour west of Bordeaux, on France’s Atlantic Coast. And ...

A collaborative study has provided the most comprehensive assessment to date of the endangered Bornean ferret badger (Melogale everetti). Weighing only around one kilogram (2.2 pounds), the Bornean ...

Exotic pets like sugar gliders, ferrets, and mini pigs bring joy and companionship to their owners, but their specialized care needs include vigilant health monitoring. Unlike cats and dogs, these ...

Claire Shave, who is the store manager of women's fashion brand Jigsaw, writes for the Stray Ferret about the changing face of James Street in Harrogate. I moved to Harrogate nine years ago from ...

Rathlin Island off the north of Northern Ireland is now free from feral ferrets that were harming its native seabirds. Conservationists say this is the first time these nonnative animals, which were ...

Since the removal of the invasive species, a native seabird, the Manx shearwater, has returned to breeding on Rathlin Island for the first time in 20 years Getty Northern Ireland's Rathlin Island is ...

There were an estimated 100 ferrets on Rathlin Island before the eradication (stock photo) A "world-first" conservation scheme has successfully eradicated feral ferrets from Rathlin Island to protect ...

Predatory feral ferrets have been removed from Rathlin Island for the first time, in a boost for Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony. Rathlin Island is ferret-free after a £4.5m (€5.2m) ...

Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland is ferret-free after £4.5m five-year partnership led by RSPB NI Predatory feral ferrets have been removed from an island for the first time ever, in a boost for ...

In a world-first, Rathlin Island has eradicated ferrets - and residents have a special conservation dog to thank. The non-native predator was introduced to the island in the 1980s and has wreaked ...

Apple is still working on ways to help Siri see apps on a display, as a new paper explains how it is working on a version of Ferret that will work locally on an iPhone. The work by Apple to bring Siri ...