Hundreds of sheep roaming free on one of Scotland’s most precious island landscapes are just a few weeks away from suffering tortuous deaths ...

A 250-year-old census has revealed islanders on St Kilda ate more than 1,600 seabirds every day. The document is the earliest recorded list of the archipelago's population and was discovered by ...

Two vets have renewed their appeal for greater protection for a rare breed of sheep that lives on a remote Scottish archipelago. Soay roam wild on St Kilda and are descended from animals first brought ...

The 85-mile boat ride through rough seas left some of us huddling in discomfort. But the scenery on the remote and windswept islands was otherworldly. The spindly island of Dùn, with the adjacent ...

It is well established that weakened immune systems in old age affect people's health and fitness, but a study suggests that it is also an issue for wild animals. Researchers studying wild Soay sheep ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Based on the mysterious 1930 evacuation of the Scottish archipelago, St ...

Summary of previous deliberations: The Bureau at its twenty-second extraordinary session (November 1998) was informed that the Centre had transmitted the report entitled “Threats to St. Kilda World ...

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On the Scottish archipelago of St. Kilda, the Soay sheep may not have any natural predators, but they do have the elements to contend with: a lack of food, brutal weather that can kill off half the ...

THE last surviving resident of abandoned Hebridean archipelago St Kilda has died aged 93. Rachel Johnson was born on the main island of Hirta and was eight-years-old when the last of the islanders ...