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US plan for Scots golf course suffers fly in the ointment

PLANS for a world-class Highland golf course could be scrapped - because of a fly. The Fonseca seed fly is only found on the sand...

Scientists hope to grow the world’s biggest flower in Scotland

SCIENTISTS hope to grow the world's largest flower in Scotland - but beware, it smells like rotting flesh. Rafflesia arnoldii grows in the forests of...

Royal Botanic Garden unveils amazing book collection

ONE of Scotland’s most famous gardens has lifted the lid on its amazing collection of 4,000 rare books. The collection at the Royal Botanic Garden...

“Grumpy Cat” could be a protected species

A KITTEN captured after getting trapped in a shed is being DNA tested to confirm that it is one of Scotland's rare wildcats.       The five-month-old...

Incredibly rare sofa shark caught in Scottish waters

AN extremely rare shark with a name as strange as its looks has been caught off the west coast of Scotland. The sofa shark, over...

Outlander coach saves Gaelic dialect by teaching it to his kids

THE man who taught the cast of Outlander to speak gaelic has saved a rare dialect of the language from dying out - by...

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