Scientists argue that research using animals is vital for the treatment and cure of human diseases like cancers. But ...

The man behind a Glasgow restaurant accused of being a Chinese secret police station has wined and dined senior Scottish ...

Billy is a founder and co-editor of The Ferret. He's reported internationally and from Scotland, and focuses on far right extremism, human rights, animal welfare, and the arms trade. Likes longform ...

The Scottish Government is selling surveillance planes to save money and says drones are used to prevent illegal fishing. But ...

A new scheme to penalise salmon farmers when fish escape has been launched. But we found it is controlled by the industry ...

Ithaca Energy announced a major dividend on the eve of UK sanctions against companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements. A few weeks later it paid out £100m to a shareholder the UN says has ...

Board members at the North Sea oil regulator hold Shell and BP shares. Critics say the investments raise questions about the ...

Prospective MSPs are legally required to evidence their election spending and confirm the records are correct. Following an ...

The monitoring of marine pollution by the Scottish Government’s green watchdog has been dubbed a “scandal” following the discovery that it rates 400 of Scotland’s coastal waters as being ...

There have been 66 alleged offences in Scotland regarding support for banned loyalist paramilitary groups like the Ulster Volunteer Force, Ulster Freedom Fighters, and Red Hand Commando since the ...

Britain Remade is the apparently “grassroots” group leading the push to overturn Scotland’s ban on nuclear power. But The Ferret has found that two of its directors come from a firm which lobbies for ...

“I think they liked goading us,” says Siobhan Tolland. “I think they enjoyed the process. And this is where the misogyny comes in. This was sport for them.” She is talking about anti-asylum protestors ...