Using hundreds of satellite radar images a research team has created a complete map of mainland Scotland. The first country-wide map of relative land motion has been created by a team at the ...

Shetland is an archipelago of a hundred or so islands in the North Sea, featuring ancient hills, valleys and lochs. The string of islands is known for its remote beauty: it's a 12-hour ferry ride to ...

Hermaness National Nature Reserve, a dramatic cliff-top setting and a refuge for thousands of seabirds, is Britain's most northerly point, located on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

As Scotland struggles with questions of independence, the British Geological Survey might be seen as making its own geopolitical gesture by republishing the most ambitious of the early geological ...

Scotland has a lot to offer visitors - 118 inhabited islands, more than 290 beaches, more than 1,000 castles and more than 30,000 lochs. But many of the sights are separated by miles and miles of ...

SINCE the publication of the last edition of the sketch-map by Sir R. I. Murchison and Prof. Geikie, no general geological map of Scotland has, so far as we are aware, been issued, while those older ...

There are certain things a wise politician would never tinker with: big issues such as council tax reform, which are placed in the “too difficult” box and remain unaddressed and unresolved for decades ...

A new weather map predicts snow for parts of Scotland. This snowfall is expected on October 12 and 13. Areas like ...

SCOTS are set to be battered by heavy downpours and gusts of up to 100mph today with Storm Amy on the way. The fierce weather bomb was upgraded to an amber warning across parts of the country, ...

In Northern Britain, Storm Amy, the first named storm of the 2025-2026 season, will see gusts widely reaching 50 to 60mph and potentially reaching 70 to 80mph in places. Stronger gusts are expected on ...