A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 1 and 8 August. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk.

Stumpt plays Sketch Heads! In Sketch Heads, players sketch pictures of a word prompt to get others to guess the prompt correctly.Sketch Heads has two game modes: Classic and Blitz. Classic mode is a ...

The BBC has admitted that part of Sir David Attenborough’s latest nature series was filmed in specialist “tanks” rather than ...

Extinct in the wild’ Barbary lion cubs in Czech zoo prepare for relocation Four rare Barbary lion cubs are set to leave ...

Reports of unusual animal reactions to solar eclipses date back centuries. One of the earliest stories comes from Ristoro ...

With International Cat Day right around the corner, it's time to look at some of the most amazing record-breaking feline ...

I know what bats taste like now. It’s an earthy, sweet kind of flavor,” she joked. “It’s actually a pretty funny story — if ...

There are many popular islands across the world, including in India, which are the favourite destinations of tourists. But ...

A Massachusetts woman incurred $20,000 in medical bills after a bat flew into her mouth during a vacation in Arizona.

A mother has shared a video which shows her six-year-old son's arm covered in suction bruises after an octopus grabbed hold ...

Young readers in Maine recently got to meet the creator of the popular children's book The Wild Robot. Peter Brown is a no ...

India’s Cheetah Man’, now aged 87, on his third book, ‘Mountain Mammals of the World’ and the shifting of focus of governments on wildlife.