Skye high: joy, tears and camaraderie on a charity trek across one of Scotland’s most beautiful isles

A 100km hike to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer proves uplifting and challenging in equal measure, with friends made for life ...

'Disaster': Locals demand change in plans for energy cable on 'beautiful Skye beach'

ISLANDERS have urged the Scottish Government to avoid “disaster” and reject plans to build a power cable through a “beautiful ...
Discover Wildlife

He was a ‘wrestler’, went to the pub and starred in a James Bond movie. Oh, and he was a 65-stone grizzly bear

Hercules the bear was a trained grizzly bear from Scotland. He became famous for his wrestling act with Andy Robin and later ...
The National

Skye locals fight power cable plan 'threatening rare coral beach'

ISLANDERS have urged the Scottish Government to avoid “disaster” and reject plans to build a power cable through a “beautiful” Skye beach ...

What I’ve learned from studying the wild pigeon

Studying wild rock doves gives us a rare chance to establish how one of science’s model species lives in nature. This may yield insights into domestication, wild-feral hybridisation, and ...

The UK’s most spectacular winter beach walks to stroll in 2026

The UK has some pretty spectacular beaches. From the Cornish coast to the 'English Mediterranean', buzzing Brighton to gothic ...