Environment

Scottish ministers are gathering in Inverness today for a special convention to discuss how to tackle issues affecting the Highlands and Islands.

A photographer who claims to “talk” to the animals he captures on film, is speaking about his work at a book tomorrow night in Inverness.

Highland Council and Sustrans has staged a Community Activity Day along the River Ness.

Controversial plans to build new homes on fields to the east of Inverness have sparked an online campaign calling for a community buyout of the site.

CHILDREN from an Inverness-shire primary school had the thrill of seeing their designs for promoting clean air made into banners.

Protesters dressed as endangered animals took to the streets of Nairn to call for urgent government action on climate change.

PUPILS from across Inverness and the neighbouring area are doing their bit in the fight against climate change.

A planning notice for stables and holiday lodges near Culloden Battlefield has been submitted months after a previous scheme was rejected.

PROTESTERS of all ages flocked to Inverness city centre to join a global protest to fight climate change.

WORRIED families fear 30 years of work at a city nature reserve is set to be “trashed” by a proposed new housing development.

A new study has highlighted the threat marine plastic poses to the North Atlantic’s largest seabird.

A fishery board has damped down international TV and media attention by stating that there was no Loch Ness Monster in a recent video it filmed.

An ancient Glen Affric elm tree likely to strike a chord with fans of the Lord of the Rings is in the running to be Scotland’s Tree of the Year.

DEMONSTRATIONS were among the attractions at a forestry industry showcase in Inverness to mark 100 years of the Forestry Act.

A flight to Inverness was delayed by a baby hedgehog.

STUDENTS will gather in the city centre today to strike as part of the growing international movement demanding action on climate change.

Albyn Housing Association has submitted an ambitious proposal to install a new generation of advanced “assisted-living” homes in Nairn.

AFTER scientists claimed Nessie could be a large eel, a Loch Ness tour guide is standing by his theory that the creature might be a large sturgeon.

FROGS and dragonflies could be some of the residents of a new pond at Inverness Botanic Gardens.

AN Inverness garden centre has been named the best in Scotland once again, putting it in line for a UK award.