Take a road trip around Isle of Skye for volcanic rock formations, wild swimming at the Fairy Pools and warming drams of cask ...

Scotland seldom does anything twice. The landscape, mood, colour and rhythm change slightly with each month so that visitors ...

Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way. As first-time walkers in Scotland, my ...

Scotland, host of the COP26 climate summit this November, is the site of an ambitious rewilding project with a centuries-long timeline for restoring the forests that once blanketed the now-familiar ...

Scotland's dramatic, rugged landscape is famed the world over. Several movies have utilised places like the Highlands and islands as a filming location precisely for this reason, including Braveheart, ...

If you were to travel around Scotland seeking an insight into how the country farms and feeds itself, you would inevitably look at the way the land is used. Allowing, for now, that in the modern world ...

In a country celebrated for its unique 'natural' beauty, Professor Iain Stewart reveals how every square inch of Scotland's landscape has been affected by centuries of human activity.

This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. At exactly 6 p.m. on July 30, 2015, in Kingussie, Scotland, George Pirie, the agent acting on behalf of Eric Heerema, a Dutch ...