Environment

North Sea oil platforms could be used to help protect sea creatures threatened by climate change and habitat loss, a study led by Scottish scientists has suggested.

Edinburgh isn’t a city to stand still. A magnet for global investment, our Capital is thriving with new developments, which continually enrich the city’s offering to residents, businesses and visitors.

A pioneering new camera tagging project aimed at discovering more about the breeding behaviour of basking sharks has been launched off the West Coast of Scotland.

Today Shell is celebrating 50 years of operations in the North Sea. But there isn’t really much to celebrate.

Scottish Labour has pledged to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through a long-term climate change strategy.

Exceptional weather conditions are expected to hit the grouse shooting season, leaving a hit to rural economies, campaigners have said.

We live in an age when the decisions made by ­politicians and big business can seem far removed from our every day lives. Actually ­influencing them sometimes feels overwhelming or indeed impossible. Brexit, income tax, bank bailouts, our NHS, how many of us feel that the debate is taking place ­without ­involving us?

While it’s not unusual for Highland Games and other outdoor events to be cancelled because of rain, it’s pretty unusual for them to be called off due to Scotland’s summer being too hot.

Edinburgh welcomes ­millions of visitors each year who bring investment, diversity and vibrancy to our city. However, they also bring a cost in terms of the impact on our core ­services. We believe that a transient visitor levy (TVL) – more widely reported as a “tourist tax” – is in the best interests of our residents, our tourism industry and visitors.

White-tailed sea eagle chicks have taken flight in Orkney for the first time in nearly 150 years.

As Scotland and the rest of the UK bask in yet another record summer, it’s frightening to realise that global warming’s only just begun. To paraphrase the constitutional debate, it’s a process not an event. It’s started but certainly hasn’t finished and how it might end could be truly apocalyptic.

They are the highlight of the social calendar for many communities across Scotland, showcasing sporting prowess, traditional dancing, piping, tug o’ war and good- natured banter about ancient clan rivalries.

Controversial plans to reintroduce wild Eurasian lynx to an area spanning the Scotland-England border have been handed a boost after the proposal received backing from local landowners.

Every MP in Scotland needs to understand that a no-deal Brexit is simply not an option for farmers and the rest of the agricultural sector, writes Andrew McCornick, director of NFU Scotland.

There were once days when, from a very young age, you would have had a fishing rod thrust in your hand, and if not a fishing rod, then a bamboo cane, a piece of string, a bent pin and a worm.

For decades they have been battling the deadly twin threats of deforestation and the dominance of their bitter rivals, the greys.

EVERYONE loves trees – and everyone deserves the opportunity to enjoy spending time in forests and ­woodlands. We know that better than most here at Newbattle Abbey ­College, with our glorious setting in a ­beautiful 125 -acre estate, including Lord Ancrum’s Wood.

Growing concern over the dangers of plastic pollution has made litter a more ‘sexy’ issue, writes Donald Anderson.