Rob has more than 40 years’ experience specialising in reporting on environmental issues. He has co-authored three books about nuclear power, produced radio and television programmes. He likes ...

Paul is an investigative journalist with a focus on the environment, energy and climate change. His work has been featured by Channel 4 News and the UK’s leading newspapers. When not Ferreting he can ...

Everyone’s medical history and records should be confidential and secure in the hands of the NHS. But there have been serious ...

Ferret Fact Service is Scotland’s first non-partisan fact checking service. Launched in the Spring of 2017, FFS was the first Scottish fact-checker accredited by the International Fact-Checking ...

The Ferret did a deep dive to explain why a bird cull on Lewis dating back centuries is causing outrage amid claims it's a ...

Daniel Shailer is an environmental reporter. His work has been published the Guardian, Private Eye, Scientific American and other outlets. The Scottish Government gave local authorities £20m to tackle ...

Alastair leads our fact-checking arm, The Ferret Fact Service, and writes about disinformation and conspiracy theories. He also delivers training on media literacy and spotting disinformation. He ...

Jamie is an investigative journalist who writes on issues such as illicit finance, dark money, political influence, land ownership, nature, the environment and far right extremism. He loves puns but ...

The Ferret is an independent, investigative journalism co-operative based in Scotland and owned by its members, not by billionaires or corporations. We dig into corruption, environmental harm, ...

A leading Scottish salmon producer hired a private investigator to snoop on a key critic of the fish farming industry, ...

You might have noticed some changes around here recently. The Ferret is 10 and it’s celebrating the milestone with a refreshed look and renewed commitment to journalism that cuts through the spin. In ...

A Scottish firm has given financial backing to an AI weapons start-up founded by a US tech billionaire who ...