Environment

John Davidson enjoys an evening stroll up the Dunbeath Water, visiting two brochs, a ruined inn and other historic points of interest

Highland Council leader Raymond Bremner highlighted the green credentials of Caithness and Sutherland at a major UK conference this week.

A Caithness-based student has been honoured for her work focusing on the potential impacts of floating offshore wind farms on marine life.

A Scottish Government funding package for 2024/25 will support the country’s network of 20 community climate action hubs.

Weather warnings for heavy rain have now been issued for all of the Highlands following a second yellow alert - this time for the north and west.

A 30-hour long weather warning for heavy rain has been issued for parts of the Highlands.

Calls for a nuclear revival in Scotland – including the possibility of a new Dounreay reactor – have been dismissed as “folly” and a “mad delusion”.

The Highlands and Islands Climate Festival will return in September to promote community climate action across the region.

Invasive alien species are one of the main direct drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide.

MSPs debated the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill, which enables the Scottish Government to financially support farming and other rural sectors.

Hail is a form of solid precipitation that is a product of the convective processes that occur within the structures of mature cumulonimbus clouds.

Brookfield Renewable have not lost interest in going ahead with a wind farm in the north Sutherland village of Armadale.

A Caithness campaigner has urged Scottish Transport Secretary, Fiona Hyslop, to take action on “the utterly appalling state” of roads in the far north

The prospect of a return of nuclear power generation to Caithness has been welcomed with open arms by a far north councillor.

A gentle paddle is a small adventure after a difficult few weeks for getting out and about

Wildlife watchers are gearing up to look out for orcas and other marine creatures around the Caithness coast at a special event.

A storage area for wind turbine components is being proposed between two housing estates at Pennyland in Thurso.

The scorching temperatures in Wick on Saturday marked the fifth hottest May day in the last 114 years, according to a local weather expert.

Beautiful Botanicals by Joanne Howdle

Six new schemes to help reduce single-use packaging on-the-go have been launched in the Highlands.