Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate ...

But it wasn't until the late 1700s -- when Scottish geologist James Hutton, who observed sediments building up on the landscape, set out to show that rocks were time clocks -- that serious ...

THE Scottish Seabird Centre’s CEO is moving on to her “next adventure” after six years in the role. Susan Davies is also a former director of conservation at the Scottish Wildlife Trust and ...

Angus Miller James Hutton was able to examine the exposed horizontal bands of dolerite rock at Salisbury Crags A spokesman for Historic Environment Scotland said specialist geotechnical engineers ...

Plantlife/James Hutton Institute Ecologist Andrea Britton collects a soil sample The new discoveries were made possible after 73 volunteers helped to gather more than 200 soil samples last summer.

Farmers are invited to join trials assessing the ecological benefits of legumes like peas, beans, and clover with easy monitoring techniques.

Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate ...