Tag: Environment

Global warming will make Scotland home of the Olympics, says report

SCOTLAND could host every other Olympic games by the 22nd century thanks to climate change, according to new research. A new paper has predicted that...

Mystery of rare newts found living among sealed broadband cables

A family of endangered newts have been discovered mysteriously nesting among broadband cables in a completely sealed manhole. Great crested newts are an extremely rare...

US plan for Scots golf course suffers fly in the ointment

PLANS for a world-class Highland golf course could be scrapped - because of a fly. The Fonseca seed fly is only found on the sand...

Dead osprey “may have flown into wind turbine”

AN Osprey found fatally injured at the base of a wind turbine is believed to have crashed into the blades, according to campaigners. The male,...

Hunters and conservationists battle over “lamb-killing” ravens

HUNTERS and bird lovers are locked in battle over claims Scotland’s ravens are responsible for killing newborn lambs. A petition to be allowed to cull...

Rare bird having blind chicks

ONE of the rarest birds in Scotland is producing chicks with “lethal blindness” as a result of inbreeding. There are only 60 breeding pairs of...

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