DW’s Richard Baynes has been delving into the strange and wonderful world of Europe’s biggest peat bogs. To listen to the full story, click the audio player above. The post This Scottish peat ...

Scottish Water is restoring 400 hectares of degraded peat around Loch Katrine which feeds the city's drinking water.

FIREFIGHTERS are urging the public to be aware of the risk of wildfires – as scientists warn the danger is increasing in ...

A former ‘ghost distillery’ on Islay and a vast peat bog in Scotland have been included in TIME’s prestigious list of the world’s greatest places for 2025. The two locations, Port Ellen ...

Peat landslides—slides, flows and bog bursts—are a significant natural ... Although peat landslides are rare in Scotland, it's important to consider the risks when planning any peatland ...

The UK government has revealed new plans to improve the protection of peatlands, focusing on banning heather burning on ...

The personal belongings of an 18th-century murder victim, hastily buried in a peat bog, have gone on display on the Isle of Lewis, forming part of a rare exhibition shedding light on one of Scotland’s ...

Stobo Hope is just one forestry scheme set to blanket the landscape in conifers. There are others - as well as local campaigns fighting back ...

According to a predictive model developed by a CNRS researcher and his European colleagues, the microalgae present in peat ...

Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, supplies water to 1.3 million homes in and around Scotland's largest city. But the peat in ... like a wet bog with ...