Police solicited names from the public, and suggestions came flooding in. On Instagram, Furlock Holmes was a top like-getter.

So I have come to know a lot about this species. As a wildlife artist, Rob has devoted years to studying the wild stoats and weasels in his garden to capture their cheeky nature for his paintings.

Stoats (part of the same taxonomic family as badgers, weasels and otters) were first reported on Orkney in 2010, according to ...

Officers shared a video clip in Jan. 29 social media posts of the “pint-sized” predator — also called a stoat or short-tailed weasel — exploring a police vehicle. The long-bodied creature ...