Scotland

Meet the island community that saved an ancient sheep Members only

In 1971, a boatful of feral sheep was transported from St Kilda to the Scottish mainland. Their descendants then vanished. This is the story of the Lost Flock – and the Orkney residents who saved their primitive genes.

Eva Clifford Ameena Rojee
Eva Clifford / Ameena Rojee
Feature

‘Storm worse than ever today’: how schoolteachers tracked weather in the Outer Hebrides Members only

School logbooks from the nineteenth century reveal how islanders coped with a period of particularly stormy weather. In their resilience is a lesson for the future.

Chris Baraniuk
Chris Baraniuk
Pebble

Can conservationists save the capercaillie – without killing its predators? Members only

In Scotland, a fierce debate is underway over how to stop an iconic species dwindling to extinction – again.

Benedict Macdonald
Benedict Macdonald
Rewilding

A Gaelic christening for Scotland's newest species Members only

A new project is naming the plants and animals that have recently arrived on these shores due to climate change.

Eva Clifford
Eva Clifford
Culture

The End of Sled Dog Racing Members only

At the Aviemore Sled Dog Rally, snow is becoming a rarity. This year, the huskies raced on mud.

Eva Clifford
Eva Clifford
Pebble

Buain Members only

Air Ghàidhealtachd, thathas a’ buain seann arbhar is ruitheam nan òran Gàidhlig mun cuairt son a’ chiad turas ann an còrr is linn. Dè dh’innseas seo dhuinn mu ar dàimh ris an fhearainn?

David Lintern
David Lintern
Feature

The Reaping Members only

In the Highlands, people are harvesting ancient grains in time to Gaelic songs for the first time in over a century. What can they teach us about our relationship to the land?

David Lintern
David Lintern
Feature

“At its root, rewilding is an ecocentric approach.” Members only

Future Land: An interview with Steve Carver, director of the Wildland Research Institute, on wilderness and rewilding.

Sophie Yeo
Sophie Yeo
Interview