News at NatureScot

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.

Scotland’s leading conservationists gathered at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) last night for the RSPB Scotland Nature of Scotland Awards with headline sponsor NatureScot.

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. The reserve is home to

Thathar a’ moladh dhan phoball guth a thogail sa cho-chomhairleachadh air treas Pàirc Nàiseanta an dèidh chòmhraidhean coimhearsnachd, shuirbhidhean is obrach-làraich.

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.

Public encouraged to ‘have your voice heard’ in third National Park consultation, following community conversations, surveys and fieldwork.

A high-risk location on the A9 for collisions between deer and vehicles is the focus of a new autumn road safety campaign launched on 1st November 2024.

New scientific research published today explores how sharks, skates and rays are distributed around Scotland’s coasts, with the results to be used to help their conservation.

Members of the public and landowners are being urged to report sightings and signs of beavers as part of a new survey of the population in and around Tayside.

NatureScot is urging gardeners to take a break this autumn and leave their gardens alone to help struggling pollinators over the winter.