Marine experts have expressed delight over positive signs that thousands of oysters released into the Firth of Forth are settling in well to their new environment.

Speaking to the BBC about his first stay on the island in his new role, Mr Duthie said: 'It felt like home immediately, it felt very much like the north east of Scotland.' Mr Duthie went to the ...

Lost Countries of South America, Laurence Blair makes the case for the region. Blair, a British journalist living in Paraguay, tells the stories of nine South American ‘nations’ that either broke up, ...

The hive was in a state of disrepair, so Ross bought a beekeeping suit and a new beehive and learned how to relocate the colony to their new home. Now he has a population of five million bees ...

King Charles is celebrating his third birthday since becoming monarch, and is treating it as a normal working day ...

A Scottish man has landed his "dream job" as a lighthouse keeper on a remote Australian island. Sandy Duthie, 42, jumped at the chance when the previous lighthouse keeper decided to retire after 25 ...

Errollyn Wallen describes herself as a musical explorer. Born in Belize, but brought up in London, her career as a composer ...

On July 12th, 1698 five ships carrying 1,200 eager colonists left the Port of Leith in Scotland to a ... of the settlement of New Edinburgh. But it all went horribly wrong. Hundreds died of fever and ...

With war spreading across the world it may not seem unreasonable to have a contingency plan - and some are already preparing ...

Conflicts across the globe have people worried about World War 3 - and if war does break out these are countries people could ...

May 2026 - 12 days Discover early human civilisations and fascinating wildlife amongst the wild isles of Scotland aboard the ...

Sir Henry Keswick, who has died aged 86, was a youthful taipan of Jardine Matheson, his family’s Far Eastern trading house, ...