The archipelago of St. Kilda is one of the most important breeding grounds for seabirds, including northern gannets, Atlantic puffins and northern fulmars, in the North Atlantic.

In 1877, George Seton, a visitor to the tiny Scottish archipelago of St. Kilda, observed that the men living there had an unusual physiological characteristic.

The archipelago of St Kilda, Scotland, is one of Britain's most remote islands that harbours a colourful and layered history. That is because St Kilda was inhabited at least 5,000 years ago, ...

Mr McKelvie wrote: "The utterly unique St Kilda archipelago was Unesco’s first dual listing: for its human heritage and unique nature. "Mankind survived in the Atlantic wilds until 1930 – the ...

Scotland's remote St Kilda archipelago was inhabited as long as 2,000 years ago, according to archaeologists. Pieces of Iron Age pottery were uncovered on the main island of Hirta in the largest ...

Have you ever heard of Porto Santo? Or St. Kilda? These and many other little-known islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean ...

St Kilda is a jagged volcanic archipelago made up of the islands of Hirta, Dun, Soay and Boreray, located 40 miles from South Uist – the nearest land.

PEOPLE who lived on Britain's most remote island, St Kilda, were never an isolated "lost tribe" but were actually connected to a network of mainland communities for 3000 years, according to a ...

The Thumb, left, is column of rock in the remote St Kilda archipelago last climbed more than 130 years ago. A rock climb in remote St Kilda first described by a Gaelic scholar more than 300 years ...

St Kilda more than 40 miles (64km) west of the Western Isles is home to thousands of sea birds, ... The archipelago is a Unesco dual World Heritage Site, ...

Islanders on the St Kilda archipelago ate more than 1,600 seabirds a day, a 250-year-old census reveals. The newly discovered document lists 90 people living on the main island of Hirta on June 15 ...