Lacrymaria olor is a single-celled organism, or protist, that lives in fresh water and hunts its prey with its extraordinarily extendible neck-like protrusion. Its name means "tear of a swan ...

A swan has died after suffering abscesses in its neck following a dog attack in Forres. The bird, named Franky by Scottish SPCA staff, had been rescued from a pond at Brodie Castle and Estate on ...