Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney—a fertile, green archipelago off the northern tip of modern-day Scotland—erected a complex of monumental buildings unlike anything ...

A coordinated stoat cull on the Scottish islands is proving successful – and conservationists aren't slowing down ...

The world heritage status of Orkney's archaeological treasures is threatened by climate change, a report has warned. Rising seas and higher rainfall mean the Heart of Neolithic Orkney site is ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets the Atlantic, a story every bit as gripping as the Norse sagas is ...

A project to eradicate stoats from Orkney has been granted £4m to continue its work. The Orkney Native Wildlife Project has spent £7.9m trapping more than 6,300 stoats on the islands since 2019.

BBC Radio Orkney brings you 'Around Orkney' every weekday from 07:30-08:00. The programme features local news and weather, diary, the jobspot, mart report and postbag. Listen to the most recent show.

A man felt forced to jump to his death from a 12th storey Aberdeen flat to escape a man who had spent two days torturing him, ...

A project to remove non-native stoats from Orkney has boosted threatened birds and a species of vole found only on the ...

A few miles away, in the turbulent waters to the east of the Orkney Islands, efforts are being made to harness a different form of marine energy. Lurking on the surface is a giant yellow machine ...

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Routes also take visitors to the ferries that go to the Isle of Skye, as well as Thurso, where you can find ferries to the northernmost Orkney Islands. Costs for a one-way train ticket vary ...