The organism, known as prototaxites, stood an astonishing 26 feet tall and thrived around 410 million years ago, before vanishing roughly 360 million years ago.

Giant mystery fossil reveals secrets of whole new form of life that no longer exists - Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life‘ ...

Prototaxites fossils unearthed in Scotland that will be exhibited in the National Museums Scotland is believed to belong to gigantic organisms ...

Scientists have potentially discovered a new evolutionary branch, Protaxites, that challenges our view of Earth's ancient ...

The painting, which fetched tens of thousands of pounds at auction last year, was lost for more than 200 years.

Duncan Thomson, former keeper of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery between 1982 and 1997 and curator of the last major ...

With bagpipes and classic Scottish dishes included, celebrate Scotland this Saturday at Fish Shop in D.C.'s Wharf ...

A 410-million-year-old fossil of a giant prehistoric organism which once loomed over north-east Scotland has been added to ...

The prototaxites fossil, which is about 410 million years old, was found near the village of Rhynie in Aberdeenshire.

A “unique” collection of mementoes from the first British Airways Concorde flight has been donated to the museum housing the aircraft by a passenger who was on board. The passenger, Anthony Hopkins, ...

Gothic monuments, riverside restaurants and the Royal Mile: here's how to make the most of a short break in this Scottish ...