The second part to Rare Exports, which pulsisx posted a while ago. This is about the safety measures needed when handling a new Father Christmas. It's quite beautiful, really. picked by smantyla 9 months ago

Rare pictures of German prisoners of war from World War I showing the Japanese how to produce sausages have been discovered. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with a rare, treatable form of leukemia. picked by punthe 11 months ago

A rare river dolphin has been officially classified as a new species.

The Bolivian river dolphin has been acknowledged as a separate species to the more widely-known Amazon River dolphin. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A scientist with the Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered and identified a rare parasitic plant that hasn't been seen by botanists in more than 20 years. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

There may never be a campaign to save the Puget Sound ratfish; no one really loves the ugly fish with rodent-like front teeth. But when a rare albino ratfish was found during a marine survey this past summer, scientists decided it was time to educate the public about the most abundant fish in local waters. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A rare rat species last seen over a century ago in the mountainous northern Philippines has been rediscovered by a team of American and Filipino biologists, a report said Sunday. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A rare gene mutation that restricts a particular growth factor may be one of the keys to living to 100 and beyond, a new study suggests.

This mutation, which seems to decrease the activity of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), results in short stature but longer life. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Some really rare and expensive things and their prices, for some strange reason, in Doubloons... picked by kamaloo 7 months ago

A rare 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to the age of the dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years after regaining an interest in sex. picked by AfroMosHi 3 weeks ago

Scientists exploring one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical forest in Western Africa discovered significant populations of new, rare and threatened species underscoring the area’s high biological diversity and value. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Roadworks in southern Greece have unearthed a rare Mycenaean grave thought to be well over 3,000 years old and containing important burial offerings including a gold chalice. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A rare winter snowstorm dusted South Africa's commercial capital Johannesburg early on Wednesday as a winter weather front moved across the country, closing mountain passes and claiming at least one life. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Researchers have uncovered a rare photograph of a young Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120 years after it was taken on Cape Cod and tucked inside a family album. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam _ a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance.
Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A British woman has given birth to rare identical triplets in Austria. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

What does $54,000 taste like? An anonymous New Yorker may soon know the answer to that question, as he savors a rare bottle of 1926 Macallan Scotch whisky that sold Saturday at auction in Manhattan. picked by leopoldogolba 8 months ago

Stripped of anything that would identify the vessel, it was found drifting in the South China sea with 200 crates of rare animals... most near death from dehydration. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A rare leopard was photographed for the first time with her young in Cambodia, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday in what it called an encouraging sign for the highly endangered animal. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago