Genetic research has revealed the “unique and mysterious” Orkney vole – not found anywhere else in the UK – originated from Belgium over 5,000 years ago. Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A weekly ...

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The Orkney Vole is a subspecies of the European common vole The "mysterious" Orkney vole is likely to have originated from Belgium 5,100 years ago, researchers have said. The team of scientists - led ...

A project to remove non-native stoats from Orkney has boosted threatened birds and a species of vole found only on the islands, conservationists said. The Orkney Native Wildlife Project, which ...

Rodents might not seem like your idea of the most appetising meal. But around 5,000 years ago people living in the Stone Age settlement of Skara Brae cooked and ate the creatures, and used them as ...

The team of scientists - led by the University of Aberdeen and Cornell University in America - believe the subspecies of the European common vole was brought over by farmers. They say it is found ...

The "mysterious" Orkney vole is likely to have originated from Belgium 5,100 years ago, researchers have said. The team of scientists - led by the University of Aberdeen and Cornell University in ...

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