Rare microscopic creatures have been discovered in caves in the Scottish Highlands. Researchers found the tiny crustaceans, named ostracods, in the famous Smoo Cave in Sutherland and Allt nan Uamh ...

A rare species of tiny crab has potentially been found living in two caves, one of which was once linked to murders by an infamous 16th-century highwayman. These tiny stygobitic crustaceans are only ...

The oldest and largest concentration of ancient Scottish cave drawings may soon vanish forever. Archaeologists are battling against time to try to decipher the symbols before erosion, deterioration ...

A hidden gem cave in Scotland, just across the Firth of Forth, holds one of the country’s most remarkable collections of early medieval carvings. Just across the Firth of Forth, between Kirkcaldy and ...

Divers have documented the hidden habitats of the sea caves of a remote Scottish island for the first time in a project to increase understanding about them. Marine surveys were carried out in about ...

SAMPLES taken stalagmites found in a Scottish cave show that climate change could have been the spur which brought down the Roman Empire and later created conditions for the Vikings to flourish in ...

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