St Kilda has not had a permanent population since the inhabitants left in 1930. You can find researchers or other visitors there all year round but they come and go. | Gannet77 from Getty Images ...

These are some of Scotland's most notable abandoned islands: St Kilda is among the best known, evacuated in 1930 after life became too challenging for the islanders. Now owned by the National ...

More recently, the population kept sheep on Hirta and other St Kilda islands. According to the National Records of Scotland , islanders also obtained luxuries such as tea, sugar, and tobacco from ...

The archipelago of St Kilda, Scotland, ... Few if any returned, leading to a skewed population profile. In 1926, influenza tore through the islands and killed four people.

Then I discovered the other St Kilda, an uber-wild and windswept volcanic archipelago in the middle of nowhere (OK, in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 180 kilometres west of mainland Scotland).

The island has been termed as "fantastic" by several travellers who shared their experiences on TripAdvsior travel forum. One traveller wrote: "I travelled to St Kilda with Kilda Cruises from ...

ON his return from an ornithological trip to the St. Kilda group last summer, Dr. Wiglesworth delivered before the Liverpool Biological Society a lecture on these islands and their inhabitants ...

Scientists say they have identified the biggest climate change threats to one of Scotland's most fragile environments. St Kilda more than 40 miles (64km) west of the Western Isles is home to ...