highland

The reader advances across Mr. McKay’s superb translation as though compelled by a fierce highland wind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Despite that short evolutionary history, the plants have adapted to remarkably different habitats across the islands, including humid highland forests and hot, dry lowlands.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

Interestingly, the same gene has experienced strong positive selection in central African rainforest hunter-gatherers and in highland populations of Ecuador.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

A herd of highland cows has been removed from a nature reserve after warnings to visitors drawn in by a social media-driven surge in interest were ignored, a wildlife trust has said.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

In contrast, a neighboring highland people with whom I worked for eight years, the Daribi, are especially conservative and uninterested in new technology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Salah recently went for a hike and posed for a picture on a rock in the Trabzon highlands.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

The rock, called anorthosite, is an igneous material that makes up much of the Moon's bright, reflective highlands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Some visitors liken the landscape to the Scottish highlands, despite its tropical climate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This is in stark contrast to upland Britain - including much of Scotland's highlands and the Welsh mountains - which has remained closer to normal or, in some places, appear slightly greener.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

That landscape testifies to the population densities achieved in the highlands by farmers with stone tools.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond