Pic caption: Pandora, an adult gorilla which Professor Byrne studied at Karisoke, Rwanda. Her right hand is cut off across the palm - only the lowest segment of the thumb retains any movement and her left hand has two of the fingers paralysed.
Researchers exploring the history of the Scottish Parliament believe that the Parliament of the Middle Ages and beyond was one of the most argumentative and powerful parliaments in the world.
Scots marine biologists are joining forces with fishermen to develop a new device that will help prevent dolphins becoming caught in trawl nets.
A group of Scottish scientists are to play a key role in a major £1 million EU-funded programme to prevent Venice from sinking into the sea.
Pic caption - Diana monkey in the Tai Forest, Ivory Coast.
A group of geoscientists may be one step closer to knowing where Scotland originally came from after a conference at the University of St Andrews this weekend.
The Sun is classified as an ordinary, middle-aged star and yet its magnetic field is responsible for some of the most dramatic and energetic phenomena in the solar system, such as solar flares and other eruptions.
Biologists in Scotland have launched a study to prove that expensive animal 'vaccines' may not only be ineffective, but may cause more harm than good.
A University of St Andrews Professor has been appointed to an influential position in the organisation which funds most of the UK's social science research.
University of St Andrews psychologists have revealed that parents can affect our choice of partner in more ways than one .... by how they look.