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 ...

Bones and fossils found in caves show that polar bears once roamed the Scottish Highlands. Initially thought to belong to brown bears, new analysis of the bones and teeth prove they actually belonged ...