Tag: new species

Scotland’s modern-day plant hunters uncover new species

Environment

Eric Kliszcz - April 11, 2024

SCIENTISTS at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have worked collaboratively with international partners to describe previously unrecorded species. Two types of begonia and a...

American Skunk Cabbages invade Scotland

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Deadline News Journalist - March 10, 2016

BIOSECURITY experts are desperately trying to stop a giant plant that smells like rotting flesh from invading Scotland. American Skunk Cabbages, a non-native plant, have...

New prehistoric species discovered by Scots researcher

Deadline News Journalist - February 18, 2010

By Rory Reynolds PREVIOUSLY unknown species of plankton-eating fish dominated the seas for more than 100 million years before being wiped out along with the...