Encyclopedias

By NEIL POORAN Published on  Sunday 19 February 2012 00:27 THEY have dwelt in Scotland’s waterways since the last Ice Age and were, accordin...

Plantlife is extremely concerned as a serious fungal infection is found in juniper in County Durham. February 14 2012 Phytopthera austrocedr...

Largest area of fan mussels in UK February 2012: The seas around the island of Canna on the west coast of Scotland are unusually rich in mar...

ONE of Scotland’s most threatened native mammals – the tiny water vole – has been found thriving more than 2,000 ft up a mountain in the Hig...

Humpback whales spotted off Forvie  January 2012.  Forvie National Nature Reserve  is on the way to becoming a whale-watching hotspot, with ...

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) is calling on ministers to carry out further research on Tayside’s illegal beavers, fearing a has...

A brainless and faceless fish was one of 15 rare species discovered during a series of marine surveys this year. The prehistoric Amphioxus, ...

December 2011. Police are appealing for information after one of North Scotland's most adventurous red kites was found poisoned in East ...

Staff from an aquarium came to the rescue of a seal pup as it struggled in freezing temperatures. St Andrews Aquarium in Fife said it was ...

Bearded seal at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve November 2011. There has been a rare visitor to the St Cyrus National Nature Reserve this...

Recent monitoring results of Chequered Skipper butterfly numbers at Lochaber’s Allt Mhuic butterfly reserve on the north shore of Loch Arkai...

By Claire Smith A SECTION of Scottish coastline has been cordoned off after scientists found a radioactive object ten times more contaminate...

Beaver science - Not rocket science October 2011. Two reports on the Scottish Beaver Trial in Argyll, published by Scottish Natural Herita...

The cost of managing an invasive species of deer if it was to arrive in Scotland could cost up to £1.9m a year, according to a new report....

An isolated population of rare land snail last recorded in Fife 110 years ago has been rediscovered. The plaited door snail (Cochlodina lam...

Focus shifting from trapping to monitoring September 2011: A project battling the damaging effects of mink on Scotland's wildlife has ju...

From America to Aberdeenshire, re-routed rare crane arrives at RSPB Loch of Strathbeg September 2011. It may be playing host to thousands o...

By Frank Urquhart A FURIOUS row has erupted between Britain's leading bird charity and Scottish gamekeepers over claims that sea eagles ...

Nature enthusiasts are heading to the Mull of Galloway in a bid to help raise funds and awareness of the decline in sea bird numbers. They...

God may have made "all creatures great and small" but one leading churchman admitted yesterday he had been left traumatised by B...