First Minister John Swinney’s refusal to consider the reintroduction of lynx is ‘out of step’ with public opinion, it is ...

Over its history, Scotland has gained popularity for such icons as woolly Highland cattle and the mysterious “Nessie” of Loch ...

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

Wolves were eradicated from Scotland around 250 years ago, leaving red deer with no natural predators and allowing their ...

Reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland which could take in and store one million tons of CO2 annually, according to a new study.

According to the team, the newly grown woodlands could take up to 1 million tons of CO 2 every year, accounting for around 5 ...

The Highland nymph, or Alpine coffee moth, is on the edge of extinction due to loss of mountain willow habitat, experts have said.

Researchers acknowledged there may be controversy should wolves be reintroduced in Scotland, but they said the benefits must be considered.

Reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland which could take in and store ...

A new class of landlords in Scotland is cultivating forests of native trees and monoculture conifer plantations with an eye ...

Eight pigs were discovered almost exactly a month after illegally released lynx were found in the Cairngorms National Park ...