News Releases
Cuir uisge ris: uisge trom ag ath-bheòthachadh beathach àrsaidh air Costa Shalmhaigh
16 October, 2025
Tha an t-sìde fhluich o chionn ghoirid air badan ùr den Charrachan-Sgèithe (Tadpole Shrimp) a thoirt beò aig RSPB Mhersehead ann an Dùn Phris, an treas badan dhiubh san Rìoghachd Aontaichte. ’S e beathach tearc is àrsaidh a th’ ann is e am measg nam beathaichean as sine san t-saoghal.
Just add water: heavy rainfall revives ancient species on the Scottish Solway Coast
16 October, 2025
Recent wet weather has hatched a new population of the rare and ancient Tadpole Shrimp – one of the world’s oldest living animal species – at RSPB Scotland Mersehead in Dumfries, only the third population of the species in the UK.
Scotland leads the way with Nature30 sites
13 October, 2025
Scotland is leading the way in the UK and Europe by recognising its first Nature30 sites as part of a global initiative to help halt and reverse nature loss. The four sites in Argyll, Lanark, Lochaber and Moray are the first to be named under the country’s commitment to safeguard at least 30 percent of land and sea by the year 2030 – agreed at COP15 and known as 30 by 30.
Modern technology meets traditional crofting to boost island biodiversity
25 September, 2025
Crofters across Shetland, Ulva and the Outer Hebrides are adopting GPS technology to revolutionise how they manage their livestock, delivering benefits for themselves, their livestock, and local wildlife.
Tha teicneolas ùr is croitearachd thradaiseanta a’ cur taic ri bith-iomadachd nan eilean còmhla
25 September, 2025
Tha croitearan air feadh Shealtainn, Ulbha is nan Eilean Siar a’ gabhail ri teicneolas ùr nan coilearan GPS airson crodh a chumail, agus tha e na bhuannachd dhaibh fhèin, dhan chrodh is do dh’fhiadh-bheatha an àite.
Conservationists boost survival chances of Scotland’s rarest moss
18 September, 2025
An extremely rare moss which has only been found in one place in the UK in the last 30 years has now been moved to two new sites in a bid to revive the critically endangered species.
Mineral collector found guilty of damaging three protected sites
11 September, 2025
A mineral collector has been convicted of damaging Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by using a hammer to break rocks to collect rare minerals to sell, in the first conviction of its kind in Scotland.
Àrd-oifigear ùr air ainmeachadh do NàdarAlba
01 September, 2025
Tha NàdarAlba an-diugh air innse gun deach Nick Halfhide a chur ann an dreuchd mar Àrd-oifigear air stèidh mhaireannach.
New CEO named for NatureScot
01 September, 2025
NatureScot has today announced the appointment of Nick Halfhide as its new permanent Chief Executive.
Call for interest in beaver release to new catchments
29 August, 2025
Organisations, communities and land managers with an interest in hosting beavers are being encouraged to come forward as the population continues to expand across Scotland.