Lynx, beavers, red squirrels, and modern-day aurochs, a type of horned cattle that went extinct during the 17th century, are ...

A new law increasing the maximum punishment for people convicted of animal cruelty from one year to five years took effect in Scotland this week, a month after the Scottish Parliament passed it ...

Flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius), the world's largest skate species measuring over two meters in length, live hidden on ...

Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn. Rating: True (About this rating?) Some countries venerate the bull, the tiger or the brown bear as their national animal. Scotland, however, is among a few ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fossilized millipede-like creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldest-known land animal, a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped ...

Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in Lanarkshire, Scotland last weekend could be compared to the size of a beach ball.

From mythical beasts like unicorns and the Loch Ness Monster to rare puffins and ubiquitous Highland cows, there's an animal for everyone in this magical U.K. paradise If you’ve grown up thinking the ...

For generations, flapper skate was mislabelled as common skate. It was only in 2010 that the common skate was shown, ...

Figures show there were 274 animal cruelty convictions in 2023/24 — twice as many as the 137 in 2012/13. The number convicted for abusing dogs rocketed from 44 that year, to 177 this year, the highest ...

LONDON — Unicorns are real. At least they are in Scotland where the mythical creature is considered the national animal. Starbucks may have made big headlines in the United States last month for its ...