An Irish horse trainer wanted her two Shetland ponies to learn more about where they were from, so she loaded Albert and Ernie onto a boat, and took them on a month-long journey back to their ...

Shetland-based fishing boats delivered a bigger catch onto the quayside but total landings on the islands fell in 2021, new figures show. UHI Shetland, part of the University of the Highlands and ...

Two Shetland ponies from Devon, UK, were taken on the boat trip of a lifetime to trace their ancestral roots in the Shetland Islands in Scotland.

LONDON — Shetland, the Scottish archipelago that lies across the sea from Norway and more than 100 miles north of mainland Britain, ... with fishing boats as the typical culprit.

Rescuers searching for a missing prawn fisherman have found his empty boat. Neil Smith from Shetland, skipper of Bread Winner, was reported overdue at Lerwick harbour at about 2100 GMT on Thursday.

Rescue teams have resumed their search for the one-man crew of a fishing boat which was found on rocks off Shetland. Neil Smith from Shetland, skipper of The Bread Winner, was reported overdue at ...

A HAND-built model of a Shetland Bus boat has been donated to the Scalloway Museum after its Norwegian creator took it with ...

The fish is believed to be a flapper skate, which is native to the Shetland waters. Female flapper skates can grow up to two metres wide, two and a half metres long and weigh just over 100kg.

A Shetland based trawler crew have hit out at the "dangerous" behaviour of a French boat which they claim tried to entangle their propeller with a rope. The crew of Lerwick-based Defiant videoed ...

A century-old ship's lifeboat used in the rescue of 10 men is being restored after spending almost 100 years upside down as a "lambie-hoose" on Shetland. The historic 14-ft vessel was tethered to ...

Shetland was part of the Kingdom of Norway. Brian Wishart reflects on the Norse influence still clear in the boats there, which come to points at both ends, like Viking longships.