1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (445+ words) A milestone has been reached in the conservation of one of Scotland’s architectural landmarks. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has completed the removal of the original cement roughcast from The Hill House in Helensburgh, the celebrated home designed by…...

22+ hour, 31+ min ago   (666+ words) Two rare posters advertising the first Royal National Mòds will return to public display after a major restoration project. The posters, dating from 1892 and 1893, are believed to be the only surviving promotional material from the competition's earliest years. They will…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (382+ words) Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its first king penguin egg in 17 years. The egg was laid on August 14 by female king penguin Connie and is the offspring of Major General Sir Nils Olav, the world's highest-ranking penguin. The…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (474+ words) Half of Scotland’s seabirds have vanished during the past four decades as the species come under increasing pressure from climate change, disease and food scarcity. New figures from the Scottish Government show that nunbers has dropped “dramatically” - with many species…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (202+ words) Projects to expand woodland, restore peatlands, and protect threatened species across Scotland have been awarded £880,000 from Scotland's nature agency. The Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) fund is aimed at projects that will help establish a marketplace for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (922+ words) This column appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. In some ways, the guga hunt is just the most visible expression of human impact on seabirds. We can see it in the way we can’t quite see the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (515+ words) The licensing body, NatureScot, has refused to grant an island community permission to carry out its annual seabird chick harvest. The guga hunt has taken place annually, almost every year, for centuries on the island of Sula Sgeir near Lewis,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (860+ words) Animal welfare charities have welcomed NatureScot’s recommendation that a licence not be granted for this year’s guga hunt on a remote Scottish island but called for the Scottish Government to make the ban permanent. The hunt has been an annual…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (280+ words) The controversial guga hunt should not go ahead in 2026, the body in charge of licensing has recommended. An annual harvest of the young gannets has taken place on Sula Sgeir since the 15th Century and usually takes place in August. It…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1035+ words) "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" is the memorable saying of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now. In our ongoing apocalypse, there is no one who loves the smell of burning trees at any time of…...