Ships can spark the imagination with the romance of seafaring, but not all are elegant. We checked out some of the strangest ...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands faces difficult questions as climate change and rising sea levels threaten to overtake the low-lying islands and atolls of the nation, RMI President Hilda ...

The Shetland Buses played a critical yet little known role in helping liberate Norway from German occupation during the Second World War.

The Shetland Bus convoys were part of the Norwegian branch of the SOE, supporting the resistance movement in Norway. Between ...

One of the significant factors to how Galápagos penguins adapted to living in this warm climate is that they nest in cool, shady crevices on the islands. The coastlines are sculpted by explosive ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

BORDERS students have created new textile designs for products made from the wool of Shetland sheep. The project is a collaboration between Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design in ...

Having a long runway at the airport is generally a good thing, but steep cliffs, mountains, and nearby oceans mean these ...

On the Wednesday following the last Tuesday in January, Shetland shuts down. It is the only place in Scotland to have an ...

An 18-year-old boy has died and another teen has been hospitalized after a jet ski crashed into a pier in Scotland on Tuesday ...

The RNLI Lerwick lifeboat, a coastguard rescue helicopter and emergency crews responded to the incident. Emma MacDonald, the leader of Shetland Islands Council, described the community as "shocked ...