Scottish farmers are helping red-listed birds bounce back, as thousands are recorded in a new farmland conservation survey.

The birds are doing particularly well in northern and eastern Europe, and they’re now seeking out other sites with good food ...

A LARGE bird that was hunted into extinction is making a return to Scotland after 500 years. Cranes were once very common across the country, but disappeared in the Elizabethan era. But ...

Trimming or cutting your hedges this month could land you in some serious legal bother due to strict environmental law ...

Gardeners are being warned to take care when cutting back hedges this month as they could be breaking the law - and face an ...

Due to surging temperatures and climate change, animals such as puffins, red squirrels, and hedgehogs face going extinct in ...

Brandon Robb, 28, was also slapped with an indefinite ban from owning or keeping animals after pleading guilty to a total of ...

In the early 2000s, golden eagles soared once again over the hills of Donegal in northwest Ireland, for the first time in ...

A campaigner says plans to build nine wind turbines on the hillside of Galloway will "completely change" its rural landscape.

A POPULAR Scottish bonfire and fireworks display has been axed. The community event has been a November tradition for the past three decades. But the organisers of Kirkwall Bonfire in Orkney have ...

Trimming or cutting hedges in July could land you with an unlimited fine and even six months in jail due to an environmental ...

As well as the implications for the hedge's growth while flowering, you may also run afoul of a law that could see you fined ...