Geography of Scotland

Bottlenose Dolphins Whistling On A First Name Basis

Environment

We’re looking for a firth, not a fourth or fifth, but a firth in Scotland. It’s Scotland’s largest firth, a triangle shaped inlet of the North Sea. It’s home to dolphins that use signature whistles to greet or contact other individual dolphins.

The World

Euro Protection for a Centuries Old Traditional Scottish Pudding

Conflict & Justice

The Problem with Taxing Caribbean Rum

The World

The Terra Nova and Her Polar Adventures

Arts, Culture & Media

Photo Ban For Nine-Year-Old School Lunch Blogger Lifted

Global Politics
The World

Glasgow’s Anti-Gang Program

Glasgow has successfully run a four-year program to reduce youth-related gang violence and Prime Minister David Cameron has said the rest of Britain should follow its lead.

The World

Old Pulteney Wins World Whisky of the Year Honor

According to Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, the best single malt whisky comes from this tiny town at the northern end of the Scottish Highlands.

Important Viking Burial Site Discovered

Arts, Culture & Media

The Geo Quiz involves a little Viking history: We’re looking for a remote and isolated peninsula in the Scottish Highlands where archaeologists have uncovered an important burial site.

The World

Weavers of the Western Isles

Arts, Culture & Media

The Geo Quiz takes us to the north Atlantic. The chain of islands we want you to name, lies off the west coast of Scotland, so they are sometimes called the Western Isles.

The World

Oil Spills: One Woman’s Story

The Shetland Islands oil spill brings back commentator Alix White’s memories of another spill more than 15 years ago.