A new study suggests mature beech trees at Robert Burns’s Ellisland Farm were planted by the poet, offering fresh insight ...

A stand of mature beech trees and a wooden mantelpiece are among a series of discoveries at Ellisland.

Attempt to turn a stretch of the English-Scottish border into a commercial forest exposes threat to habitats from wealthy investors ...

Researchers examining the Beech trees at Ellisland, thought to have been planted by Robert Burns. (Image: Robert Burns ...

About 2.5 million more trees will be needed in Scotland's towns and cities to create "tree equality", according to the Woodland Trust. The conservation charity has developed a 'tree equity score' for ...

Tree planting rates have risen to a 20-year high in England, figures for this year show. But data has revealed a drop in UK-wide woodland creation from a 35-year high last year, due to a significant ...

The Scottish Highlands are celebrated for wide-open views of spectacular glens (valleys) and rugged peaks. After centuries of landscape change, particularly deforestation caused by humans, it is easy ...

Two years after BrewDog's troubled Lost Forest project sparked controversy, a major natural capital investor is trying to ...

A few years ago, most of the vertical farms being built were for growing leafy greens. Since then, the technology has not only scaled, with each new farm seemingly out to top the square footage of its ...

The pundit has told the Scottish Government his neighbour's appeal should be dismissed.

Woody plants, especially willows, are particularly appetising for these animals in the uplands where nutritious food can be harder to find. Overgrazing has caused an almost complete loss of the ...