The ancient blanket bog of northern Scotland is reaching a turning point in its long history – degrade or flourish. Which way it goes will have significant consequences for climate change. As I watch ...

GLASGOW, Scotland – Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way. As first-time walkers ...

Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way. As first-time walkers in Scotland, my ...

Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of history. Using ...

A piece of fabric discovered in a bog in the Scottish Highlands might be the oldest traditional tartan ever found, new research suggests. The piece of material could be up to 500 years old, according ...

From a distance they appear to be just sparse acres of dull land with deep puddles, handfuls of scrappy shrubs and sodden moss. But their ability to store carbon means the Flow Country’s peatlands are ...

IT is an ancient landscape which began life as the ice sheets retreated at the end of the last Ice Age. Waterlogged peatlands cover vast swathes of Scotland – more than 20% of the country by some ...

I’m David Segal, a reporter based in London. I flew to the Scottish Highlands to write about this totally stunning landscape. I knew nothing about peatlands before I traveled there, but here’s what I ...

A scrap of plaid textile dating back more than 500 years is Scotland's oldest tartan, scientists have revealed Discovered in a peat bog in Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, the faded fabric ...

Peat bogs cover various parts of Scotland, including large areas of the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands and Galloway. Efforts are currently being made to restore damaged peatlands. The ...

Britain’s only prehistoric mummies resided in Cladh Hallan, only Scotland’s South Uist island. They belong to a class of mummie known as “bog bodies,” corpses naturally preserved in sphagnum bogs. A ...