Is the financially stretched Department of Conservation best to lead the country’s cooperative mission to eradicate pests by ...

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to “dismantle” Head Start programs in Illinois and across the country has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf ...

The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration cannot reduce or eliminate Head Start, because the program is funded by Congress. By Sarah Mervosh The American Civil Liberties Union and other ...

Irish stoat. Picture: C Crowley / Crossing the Line ... Like the seamstress’s device mentioned in the nursery rhyme, it 'popped' its head out every few minutes or so, to keep an eye on me.

What happens when two stoats meet for the first time? Well, in the wild, you’d likely get a very different answer. However, in the attached video, we are introduced to a pair of baby stoats ...

Recently, photos emerged of a kiwi caught in a DoC200 stoat trap. It prompted more articles about other native birds being caught in stoat traps, like weka and even our majestic, highly ...

This suggests that the black tip on the tail may draw away a predator’s attention from more vulnerable areas like the head and neck. What is so special about the Irish stoat? The Irish stoat ...

Once the bird is subdued, the stoat typically sinks a pair of long canines into the back of its head to eat its brain, followed by bodily organs and eventually the remaining meat. Stoats were ...

The Irish stoat is related to the otter, badger and pine marten but is the smallest of these, being similar in size to a rat. Its fur is chestnut brown on the back and head and creamy-white on the ...

Credit: Getty Images / Photography by Linda Lyon Conservationists are celebrating the success of a large-scale stoat removal project in Orkney. The non-native mammals have wreaked havoc on ...

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 ...