Police patrols and CCTV launched in Cairngorms to protect rare capercaillie during their sensitive mating season. Disturbing them is a crime.

THE top-rated child-friendly camping site in Scotland has been revealed for 2025. And it features meerkats, lemurs, goats, pigs and donkeys on its doorstep. Travel experts at Pitchup.com have ...

The distribution of Scotland’s only native snake and venomous reptile, the adder, has fallen by 36 per cent over the last 30 ...

The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland Chair, Kate Still, said: “It’s fantastic to see that the Scottish Wildlife Trust ...

Scotland's most child-friendly campsite has been named. The top prize went to a Perthshire wildlife cente. On April 23, Pitchup.com shared its 20 top-rated campsites and glampsites for families across ...

Spring has offically sprung and, while it’s too early to leave your jacket at home just yet, there are usually plenty of warm ...

The group responsible for looking after Goatfell and Brodrick Country Park has revealed a fire has ‘decimated’ its reptile population.

Adders are Scotland’s only native snake, and Britain’s only venomous snake, although reactions to its bite are usually mild. Adders are secretive and timid, and usually stay away from humans. They can ...

Police Scotland and RSPB Scotland are appealing for information after a male sparrowhawk was shot in Inverness.

A wildlife probe is underway after a Sparrowhawk was fatally shot in Inverness. The grim discovery was made by a member of ...

From Chanonry Point near the NC500 to Irvine Beach, here are the best whale, dolphin and porpoise-watching spots in Scotland.

In many ways, Once There Were Wolves echoes the American West’s decades-long relationship with wolves and other predatory ...