Boasting less than 5,000 visitors yearly, the peat bog nestled in the north of Scotland is a beautiful spot to go to for hiking and exploring nature.

Ireland's peat bogs have heated Irish homes for centuries. But could cycling through them help fuel a slow travel revolution and save this landscape? Cycling The Bog Road through Roundstone Bog in ...

Bodies were buried in bogs across northern Europe for thousands of years. Archaeologists have undertaken the first comprehensive study of more than 1,000 bog bodies found across Ireland, Scotland ...

Peat moss is naturally slightly acidic and can be used to balance the pH. “Most plants like pH to be about 6.0, and peat tends to be around there, making it ideal,” Satch says.

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The findings suggest that ...

Was he a human sacrifice? A criminal? Scientists are still piecing together details about the life—and death—of the man mummified in a Danish bog some 2,400 years ago.

(Printable) View an interactive map of more than 120 archeologically important peat-bog sites in northwest Europe.

The ancient peat bog of Lindow Moss in Cheshire hid a dark and gruesome secret for almost 2,000 years. But on 1 August 1984, a peat cutter spotted the astonishingly well-preserved remains of an ...

The ancient blanket bog of northern Scotland is reaching a turning point in its long history: degrade or flourish. Which way it goes will have significant consequences for the climate.

For example, dead animals and plants can be preserved in amber, peat bogs, tar pits, or in ice. Amber is a substance that is formed from hardened tree sap or resin.