Latest press releases
£1.1m for nature recovery projects
10 December, 2024
NatureScot has awarded grants totalling over £1 million to projects that will restore bogs for rare dragonflies in northern Scotland, create hedgerows for sparrows in Glasgow and help bring back native oysters to the Bay of Firth in Orkney.
Nature Discovery Map launches for Scottish schools
21 November, 2024
Teachers and pupils across Scotland are being invited to join a national journey of nature discovery, as an exciting new digital support for learning outdoors is announced.
Climate change drives butterflies north
11 November, 2024
New research reveals ten butterfly species have increased significantly in Scotland in the past 40 years, and it is thought climate change could be pushing them northwards.
New guidance to help protect Forvie seals
08 November, 2024
New guidance has been put in place at NatureScot’s Forvie National Nature Reserve (NNR) to help protect vulnerable seals and their pups.
Tha NàdarAlba a’ cur air bhog co-chomhairleachadh air beachd Pàirc Nàiseanta ùr na h-Alba ann an Gall-Ghàidhealaibh
07 November, 2024
Thathar a’ moladh dhan phoball guth a thogail sa cho-chomhairleachadh air treas Pàirc Nàiseanta an dèidh chòmhraidhean coimhearsnachd, shuirbhidhean is obrach-làraich.
NatureScot launches consultation for Scotland’s proposed new National Park in Galloway
07 November, 2024
Public encouraged to ‘have your voice heard’ in third National Park consultation, following community conversations, surveys and fieldwork.