Polar bears once roamed Scotland during the last Ice Age, new analysis of ancient bones and fossils has suggested. Research ...

Bones and teeth discovered in a Highland cave in Scotland show a fish-heavy diet eaten by the animals previously identified ...

and brought us on a fact-filled adventure to prehistoric Scotland. We discover the delights of fossil collecting at these classic localities, and are entertained by the sounds, smells and feel of ...

He added: "As this technology becomes more widely available, we expect to find tens of thousands more ancient sites across the rest of Scotland - working at a pace that was unimaginable a few ...

Researchers found evidence of fish in the diet of animals that, until now, had been identified as brown bears.

Scotland's ancient rainforest is under threat, conservationists have warned. Almost 75,000 acres (30,351ha) of woodland on the west coast is designated Atlantic rainforest because of the rare ...

John Balliol reigned as king of Scotland from 1292 to 1296 ... was hard for people to understand how difficult it was to find ancient artefacts. He said: "In a general field 90% of the time ...

The remains of more than 2,200 people are held in the national collection with the bones representing human activity over ...