St Kilda Jellyfish ©NatureScot/George Stoyle A new fund has been launched to help communities and local groups get involved in surveys and monitoring of Scotland’s seabed and coastlines. The Community…
St Kilda Jellyfish ©NatureScot/George Stoyle A new fund has been launched to help communities and local groups get involved in surveys and monitoring of Scotland’s seabed and coastlines. The Community…
Protecting our seas must be a priority, writes Calum Duncan in this piece for The Scotsman. As this most challenging of years comes to a close, we are all lifting…
The UK has lost more than 90% of the lush seagrass meadows that once surrounded the nation, research has found. Scientists described the decline as catastrophic, but the latest analysis…
Scotland needs to take further action if it wants to preserve its wildlife and meet the international biodiversity targets, a new report showed. NatureScot, Scotland’s nature agency, revealed more work…
Loch Carron Flame Shell © Graham Saunders/NatureScot Flickr Scotland has failed to meet a ten-year-old target to prevent damage to precious marine features, according to a leaked Scottish Government report…
More than 100 eggs belonging to the critically endangered flapper skate have been discovered on the rocky seabed off the northwest coast of Scotland. Conservationists say it is one of…
Kelp Forest, Loch Laxford © GeorgeStoyle/NatureScot On 31st August 2020, the Scottish government published the ‘Edinburgh Declaration‘. This declaration calls on the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological…
The world has failed to meet any biodiversity targets to stem the destruction of wildlife and life-sustaining ecosystems in the last decade, according to a devastating new report from the…
The slate grey coastal waters around Arran harbour a rich marine world of colourful sea slugs, long-clawed lobsters, kelp forests, vibrant beds of coral-like red algae and the occasional passing…
UK government said it failed on two-thirds of biodiversity targets, but RSPB analysis is bleaker – and suggests UK is moving backwards in some areas. The UK has failed to…