So, once again, you have to wonder: Was this really the first bluetail on the East Coast? Obviously the bird was extraordinarily rare, so I don’t mean to downplay its importance or novelty. Same goes ...

Those conditions, I reasoned, were rare. How people think about rare events—especially unwelcome ones such as traumatic medical episodes or distressing diagnoses—seems to vary considerably ...

The United States announced the establishment of a minerals-security finance network with its allies on Monday, the latest step in its bid to halt China’s global dominance of critical minerals ...

Using sound recordings, the team identified the largest known population of the night parrot, a secretive species known as the “Holy Grail of birdwatching” Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent ...

An ultra-rare 25p coin has sold for 6,800 times its face value. The collector’s item – handed out in change to a local man – is the same shape as an ordinary 20p piece. There are thought to ...

Katie Price has adopted a rare animal after she admitted she was forced to put down her five-month-old kitten of the same breed. There have been calls to ban the former glamour model from owning ...

“And the 1933 penny will be a George V penny. See it’s definitely one you want to be looking out for, it’s an extremely rare coin. One of the most expensive British coins ever.” He ...

We found that some rare magma types are surprisingly efficient at concentrating rare earth elements. This is a group of metals with crucial applications in several high-tech industries, such as ...

Experts predicted the coin – which has seldom been seen – could fetch up to 2,800 times its face value - but it far exceeded the estimate when it went on sale on Wednesday. The coin was handed ...

Earth’s extinct volcanoes might be an untapped source of highly in-demand rare earth elements. A set of lab-based experiments revealed that some of these 17 elements could be lurking in the ...