The leader of the Scottish National Party sees a chance to revive the country’s debate over breaking up with Britain and finding a path back to Europe — assuming his party can win.

Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way. As first-time walkers in Scotland, my ...

What a year it has been for Scotland. While the independence referendum held in September kept the country in union with the rest of the U.K., the extent of citizens' and communities' involvement in ...

Thousands of visitors are expected at a new exhibition in Kirkcudbright. More than 100 pieces from this year’s Lapeca Scottish Landscape Awards have gone on display at Kirkcudbright Galleries. And it ...

In 2010, schools across Scotland were invited to participate in BBC Scotland Learning's Your Landscape Story - Our Crew competition. Entries were judged by a selection panel made up of representatives ...

Scotland, host of the COP26 climate summit this November, is the site of an ambitious rewilding project with a centuries-long timeline for restoring the forests that once blanketed the now-familiar ...

The timber-framed Turf House was commissioned by an ambitious couple set on building a low-energy eco-home and was completed for approximately $337,000 USD, including the cost of the land ($64,000 USD ...

Scotland's dramatic, rugged landscape is famed the world over. Several movies have utilised places like the Highlands and islands as a filming location precisely for this reason, including Braveheart, ...

The DNA of Scottish people still contains signs of the country's ancient kingdoms, with many apparently living in the same areas as their ancestors did more than a millennium ago, a study shows.