A huge, colorful shellfish reef discovered off Scotland's west coast could be the largest of its kind in the world, according to the Scottish government. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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Led by Dr Joanne Porter of Heriot-Watt University, 12 divers from Seasearch, the volunteer dive project co-ordinated by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) were diving in Orkney from the MV Halton, ...

Colourful sea creatures called flame shells have recovered from damage to their Highland loch habitat, according to a new report. A survey of Loch Carron in Wester Ross in 2017 suggested nests of the ...

A massive colony of these bad-hair-day shellfish, called flame shells, has been discovered off the coast of Scotland. Its inhabitants are thought to number over 100 million, making it possibly the ...

An extensive living reef of rare and striking flame shells stretching across an area around the same size as 30 tennis courts has been discovered by divers off the west coast of Scotland. Sign up to ...