Scotland’s Shetland Islands have a unique, windswept beauty that has little in common with the popular BBC crime series.

A new law taking force in Scotland this month imposes strict regulations on how government mapmakers draw the Shetland Islands, a modest archipelago located approximately 100 miles off the British ...

The next few months are likely to provide the best chances this decade to see the aurora borealis at its most spectacular, ...

Shetland Islands Council is inviting the public to comment on proposals relating to the three conservation areas in the ...

A Scottish jury has convicted a man of killing his Canadian girlfriend in the remote Shetland Islands of Scotland. Aren ...

SHETLAND ISLANDS, Scotland—People on this remote North Sea archipelago are following the Scottish independence campaign as intently as the rest of the U.K. Some even want another vote soon after—on ...

Icelandair has listed the best places in the UK to spot the Northern Lights, as the cycle of the sun begins to move away from the solar maximum, meaning fewer chances to spot the aurora borealis ...

The Shetland Islands, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, are featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image. Lying roughly 100 km north of the Scottish mainland, the Shetland Islands ...

Scottish launch company Skyrora says it has successfully launched a low-altitude rocket from the Shetland Islands for the first time, a significant step to beginning launches to space from the U.K.

On Tuesday evening the long awaited Shetland will be returning to BBC One for its fifth season. The crime-drama, which was originally based on novels by Ann Cleeves, follows Inspector Jimmy Perez, ...

The plans would benefit hundreds of businesses and provide freight transport dependability not seen with ferries ...

Shetland is an archipelago of a hundred or so islands in the North Sea, featuring ancient hills, valleys and lochs. The string of islands is known for its remote beauty: it's a 12-hour ferry ride to ...