Environment

Thirty-six selfless volunteers worked together to clean around Wick as part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful Spring Clean 2024 initiative on Sunday.

Timespan at Helmsdale has a new exhibition called We Move As A Murmuration opening on Saturday March 23

People across the Highlands are being encouraged to sign up for a national challenge to address the country’s litter emergency.

Caithness Seal Rehab and Release sent out a big thank you to Jack's Flooring in Wick for sponsoring one of the seal pups in its care.

3380 bins for its for the revamped waste and recycling collections had ‘minor problems' but service is not affected.

An application is under consideration with Highland Council's planning department for a battery energy storage system at Glengolly Farm near Thurso.

Collaborative efforts to enhance and promote the Caithness and Sutherland peatlands have been recognised with a national accolade.

The shallow waters of the Kyle offer a perfect place to enjoy the delights of the north coast, well protected from the forecast swell

A stalwart of community gardening in Thurso has once again showed his green-fingered skills with the appearance of thousands of crocuses in the town.

The public have been urged to do their bit to help protect the country’s water.

Changes to bin collections in Caithness will start to come into effect in the autumn – after they are trialled in Ross-shire and Dornoch first.

Did you know there was a moth enthusiast in Caithness in the 1950s, 60s and 70s who amassed a collection of over 900 specimens?

Beautiful Botanicals by Joanne Howdle

Caithness groups involved in climate and nature friendly activities are being encouraged to join a network of like-minded people.

The Labour MSP says 'local benefit from these developments has not improved and communities are losing out.'

Work to restore thousands of hectares of damaged peatland on publicly owned forestry land including in the Flow Country has reached a milestone.

A rusty brown bundle of rubbery sheets has washed up on the shoreline of Keiss beach and harbours a tale of shipwrecks and environmental disaster.

An improvement notice has been served by the Office for Nuclear Regulation over shortfalls in arrangements for storing alkali metals at Dounreay.

A wildfire was detected an average of every day during the peak of last year's season ­– with the Highlands hit by almost a third of all blazes.

Highland councillors are being asked to back opposition to a controversial wind farm it is feared would “overwhelm” Armadale.