Polecats are on the comeback trail after flirting with extinction 100 years ago, and the West Midlands is proving a stronghold. However, conservationists believe many people would not recognise the ...

Polecats have been making a comeback in Oxfordshire after years of being virtually extinct. They have been seen in several parts of the county as these carnivores have gradually spread eastwards from ...

Striped polecats (Ictonyx striatus), or the African zorilla, are small carnivores that look like North American skunks but aren't. They're more closely related to weasels and have smaller, slender ...

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Rare polecats have been spotted at the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust’s (BBOWT) College Lake Nature Reserve near Tring in Buckinghamshire. One lone polecat was first seen poking its head out of ...