Buried in the rocks of Scotland's Isle of Skye, scientists have uncovered a 167-million-year-old reptile with snakelike fangs, revealing a surprising new branch in the ancient family tree of lizards ...

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A rare medieval hair-styling tool has been uncovered at a famous Scottish castle, offering new insights into historical ...

A new project is telling the story of the bible through the medium of Gaelic and LEGO bricks. The project will produce monthly videos to help Gaels and other young Scots to help build up their ...

A Jurassic fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye is “helping to rewrite” scientists’ understanding of snakes and lizards. The species, given the Gaelic name Breugnathair elgolensis, had snake-like ...

A study published in the journal Nature by an international team of researchers, led by the American Museum of Natural History and including National Museums Scotland, describes a previously unkn ...

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When paleontologists only have so many clues to infer a fossil’s original form, it’s all too easy to make honest mistakes.

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of ...

Researchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better ...