New research into fossils found in Scotland’s Bone Caves suggests that polar bears may have once roamed the region during the last Ice Age. Scientists from the National Museum of Scotland, along with ...

It is worth noting Scotland's stance on separating an animal from its mother after a "dreadful" incident in Australia ...

The scientific breakthrough, announced on this day in 1997, proved that geneticists could clone an adult mammal, giving rise to a new era of ethical debate and experimentation ...

Efforts by Foresty and Land Scotland are now underway to capture the ‘relatively domesticated’ animals using a humane trap. It is understood that, as with the lynx, straw was found near to ...

One of Scotland’s best-known birds has returned to its Highland home after spending the winter in Africa. The female osprey, ...

COPS are probing reports of a potential lynx sighting in a Scots woodland – 207 miles from the scene of the last illegal dumping of the wildcats. The big cat was spotted prowling woods near Newton ...

Three female lynx that were illegally released in the Cairngorms are looking for a new home after completing 30 days quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo. The wild cats were spotted in the national park in ...

Worrying is a serious issue with legal consequences for owners. And those who fail to keep a firm hold over their pet risks a ...

Two other major prehistoric discoveries have been made on the Isle of Skye: young and adult Krusatodons showing how dinosaurs ...

A nature conservation charity has secured a Highlands estate larger than the city of Dundee, hailing it as an “important milestone” in tackling the ...