Environment

People are being given the chance to learn more about the buzzing sounds of summer in Caithness with an event focused on bumblebees.

After a well attended meeting held in Skye, farming union NFU Scotland is to host national a webinar to inform members about the nomination process.

The name of Caithness derives from the Pictish Kingdom of Cat but the county may be home to larger cats who keep in the shadows.

High Life Highland is advertising to fill a part-time Countryside Ranger post.

Yellow warning issued amid fears 'persistent' rain will cause travel disruption and flooding in western and central parts of the Highlands.

The Salmon Scotland wild fisheries fund will see £140,000 invested by Scotland's salmon farmers.

The forthcoming ban on disposable vapes will mean a cleaner, greener and healthier future for people in the Highlands according to a local MSP.

Funding has been awarded to help businesses in Caithness and north Sutherland diversify from traditional skills to green skills.

The north of Scotland will play a key role in delivering the low-carbon power that is needed to meet UK targets, a public meeting in Dunbeath heard.

Walk at Dunnet Head offers an insight into a past world of crofting and church-going on northerly peninsula

The choice of route for the proposed 400kv pylon line cutting through Caithness was based partly on the competing needs of communities and wildlife.

Storm force winds are set to batter more of the far north on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned after extending a yellow alert for gales.

A litter pick at Wick riverside unearthed a decades old can that shows how long rubbish can stay intact within the environment.

Money from the West of Orkney Wind Farm has been awarded to several groups – including work to tackle invasive Pacific Salmon in the River Thurso.

Whale spotters in the far north contributed to a record-breaking year – with more than 10,000 cetaceans recorded around Scotland's coast in 2023.

An NHS Highland medic is back from an exclusive global leadership programme to Antarctica for women working on environment issues.

Caithness is bracing for gales after a yellow warning was issued for the Northern Isles and Pentland Firth.

Milly Revill Hayward, from RSPB Forsinard Flows, encourages people in the far north to take part in this weekend's Big Garden Birdwatch

With reports of fallen trees blocking the A9 at Berriedale and schools being closed, Storm Jocelyn certainly made an impact in Caithness.

Around 2000 homes across the north were still without power at lunchtime on Wednesday, but SSEN hopes to reconnect them by the end of the day.