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 ...

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

After being hunted to near extinction, numbers of a native predator are recovering and eating more of an endangered prey ...

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

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

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

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.

However, those planning to trim their hedges should be mindful not only of the potential impact on the hedge's health during ...