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Conservationists flutter to Cairngorms for bumper egg release
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (488+ words) Wednesday May 6th 2026 The eggs getting released in the Cairngorms (credit: RZSS) Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson 4, 000 dark bordered beauty moth eggs have been released in the Cairngorms National Park in a bid to establish a new population of…...
New penguin study shows importance of DNA research in conservation
1+ week, 2+ day ago (297+ words) Monday April 27th 2026 Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson Geneticists at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have concluded that Northern rockhopper penguins living in the Atlantic and Indian…...
That's more pine hoverflies than there are people
2+ week, 2+ day ago (369+ words) Monday April 20th 2026 RZSS conservationists releasing the pine hoverfly (credit: RZSS) Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson Conservationists at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) have celebrated releasing the 30, 000th pine hoverfly into the Cairngorms National Park as part of…...
Hundreds visit Edinburgh Zoo to celebrate care week
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (557+ words) Monday March 16th 2026 The Kinship Care Advice Service providers, Children First, working with visitors (credit: RZSS) Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson Over 120 families visited Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park yesterday to celebrate the final day of Kinship Care…...
Purr-fect response awaited for Hawick cattery bid
2+ mon, 20+ hour ago (203+ words) Thursday March 5th 2026 Drawing of proposed cattery Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Paul Kelly A purr-fect response is awaited to plans for a new six-pod cattery in the garden of a private property in Hawick. A cattery is a specialized boarding…...