The Stromness Singing Selkies is not your average open-water swimming club. Named after the mythological seal-folk from ...

An estimated 231 people died while experiencing homelessness in Scotland in 2024, new figures suggest.

One litter picker says he has seen a huge increase in the amount of plastic washing up on Sanday this year.

Ferry users are to benefit from the removal of mid and peak season fares. From next month Orkney and Shetland Islanders using the Northern Isles Ferry Services will no longer face higher charges when ...

This month, researchers board a Sea Shepherd vessel in Antarctica's South Orkney Islands to study the overlap between krill ...

Plastic bottles and debris strewn across the Howar Sands beach in Sanday Plastic bottles and debris that appear to have originated in Canada and date back to the 1960s and 70s have washed up on an ...

A former commando who is one of Scotland's last surviving veterans of World War Two has celebrated his 100th birthday.

Terminally ill Scottish women have staged an installation as "living statues" outside the Scottish Parliament, in favour of assisted dying in Scotland ...

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

First Minister John Swinney has launched the £2 Highland bus fare pilot that could save locals hundreds of pounds per year as he welcomes ‘important’ Inverness Station Quarter revamp.

A pilot scheme that will cap single bus fares at £2 offers a “huge saving” for travellers, John Swinney has said.