One of four lynx thought to have been released illegally in the Scottish Highlands has died within hours after it was ...

The mercury fell again overnight with a hamlet in northern Scotland shivering through a temperature of minus 18C. The Met Office said Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands, ...

Scottish environmental activists want to reintroduce the lynx into the forests of the Highlands. But not this way.At least ...

Two lynx which were illegally released into the Cairngorms had been tamed and may be related to another pair on the loose, according to the chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

This is the moment a sheep pulled to safety after being trapped in a snow drift. However, Frank Carr, a farmer in the ...

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 3 and 10 January. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk.

For Sorcha Groundsell a murder in the Hebrides was very close to home in new murder mystery An t-Eilean/The Island ...

A pair of lynx were released and captured earlier in the week but on Friday police said they were investigating further ...

There are four lynx species - it has not been confirmed which species the Kingussie cats are - but Eurasian lynx are the largest. Adults are roughly the size of a Labrador dog. Ly ...

Several sheep have died and dozens have been rescued by firefighters after becoming stranded in a flooded field.

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

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