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 ...

Most countries pick eagles, lions, or bears as their national animals—creatures that actually exist and can be photographed ...

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney gestures during a speech to representatives from organisations across the public and private sector at Playfair Library in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday, Jan. 6, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark Rowe investigates the surge in whale strandings along Scotland’s coast — a warning sign, scientists say, of deeper ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — The Scottish government wants ...

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 ...

Scottish animal welfare officials are searching for the owner. — -- A dog was found abandoned at a Scottish train station next to a suitcase filled with its belongings and now the local animal ...

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 ...