Academic warns about islands’ future
According to the research of Prof Angus, the communities most vulnerable to climate change are Uist, Tiree, Islay and Sanday in Orkney.
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Family fun at wildlife-rich ‘lost world’
Trees for Life is a conservation charity dedicated to rewilding the Scottish Highlands.
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New interpretation posts to quiz Reelig Glen visitors
Ten posts have been installed on the Tall Trees Trail which takes visitors around the atmospheric woodland.
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Robot cameras reveal secret lives of basking sharks
Footage from the innovative SharkCam Robot deployed off Coll and Tiree shows the sharks moving through the water feeding.
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Bla Bheinn car park upgrade begins
John Muir Trust hires local contractor to install toilets and expand parking spaces at foot of popular Skye mountain.
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Robotic ocean explorer to take on ‘dangerous’ Arctic mission
A team from SAMS, in Oban, led by oceanographer Professor Mark Inall, will deploy a small ecoSUB, to the foot of a melting glacier in Arctic Norway to help scientists understand the true extent of melting from Arctic glaciers.
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Dinosaur sites on Skye given official protection
The key aim of a Nature Conservation Order is to prevent rare vertebrate fossils from being damaged.
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Flaking out over historic discoveries
As I’ve become more adept at sniffing out flints, I have developed a patience and concentration that must baffle the casual observer.