SCOTS scientists have warned that natural tree colonisation may not always produce carbon capture benefits. Scientists at The ...

Immerse yourself in Scotland’s wild highland landscape and meet its long-lived forest keeper, a magnificent Scots pine tree.

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Pine martens have been caught on camera adorably playing on kids’ swingset at night in the Highlands. The footage, taken by Les Humphreys from Ardnamurchan, shows two of the rare creatures play ...

At that time, scientists observed that Scots pine trees that had stood for around 100 years were declining and dying. They wondered whether drought or other climate factors were driving this loss.

The scientists sampled cores from 25 Scots pine trees and stem-base disks from 54 common juniper shrubs at a site high on the treeline of Mount Iškoras in northern Norway. The team cross ...