Category: rare

Photographer Endures 115-Degree Desert Heat for Two Months to Get Rare Shots of Striped Hyena

Two months in the searing summer heat in the Indian desert finally paid off for this wildlife photographer, who was rewarded with a series of rare, intimate shots of a striped hyena in its natural habitat. Photographer Hardik Shelat, 36, lives in Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat. He spent two months in early summer visiting…


Baby Born With a Brain Condition That Made Her Look Like an Alien is Now 5 and Thriving

A little girl from Northern Ireland who was born with a potentially deadly brain condition that made her head swell like an “alien” has overcome it and is thriving now. Myah Morgan-Laverty was diagnosed with hydrocephalus—which is caused by an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles (cavities) deep within the brain—when her mother,…


‘It’s So Rare’: Utah Woman Encounters Young Mountain Lion on a Hike and It Takes Her Breath Away

A woman had a close encounter with nature’s majesty on a hike in the Utah mountains when she came across a beautiful young mountain lion that took her breath away. Originally from Michigan, 40-year-old Denise Peterson moved to Utah to be closer to the mountains and mountain lions. In mid-April this year, Peterson was stunned,…


Extremely Rare Vintage Facel Vega Car Sitting in Garage for 50 Years Is Worth a Fortune: ‘An Absolute Gem’

A rare Facel Vega HK500 car that has been rusting in a garage for almost 50 years is set to sell for tens of thousands of pounds. The right-hand drive classic motor is thought to be only one of 96 models that were made for the UK market. Originally finished in Brunswick blue with grey…


Mississippi Couple Welcomes ‘1 in 60 Million’ Preemie Quintuplets With 4 Identical Girls

After struggling to conceive, first-time parents from Mississippi have welcomed rare quintuplets and among them, four are identical baby girls. As their babies go from strength to strength in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the delighted parents are looking forward to taking them home. Haylee and Shawn Ladner welcomed five of their babies on…


Couple Welcomes Rare Second Set of Identical Twins 13 Months After Giving Birth to First Set of Twins

The proud parents of naturally-conceived identical twins were blessed twice over when they became parents to a second set of identical twins just 13 months after welcoming their first. Twenty-seven-year-old elementary school teacher Britney Gilbert Alba, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and her husband, firefighter Frankie Alba, 25, were thrilled to discover they were expecting identical twin…


Rare Footage of Titanic Wreckage Shot in 1986 Released

Rare video footage showing the Titanic ocean liner on the floor of the Atlantic is being released on Wednesday, decades after the discovery of the wreckage and more than a century after the ship hit an iceberg and sunk. The footage from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was shot about 2 miles (3 kilometers) below…


China Note! EU-Member Sweden Locates Rare Earth Deposits

KIRUNA, Sweden—The beginning of the end of Europe’s dependency on China for precious rare earth materials may lie buried deep under the rugged reaches of northern Sweden, well above the Arctic Circle. Sweden’s iron-ore miner LKAB said Thursday it has identified “significant deposits” in Lapland of rare earth elements that are essential for the manufacture…


3 NFL Teams Look for Rare Trip From 2–6 Start to Playoffs

Falling into a 2–6 hole near the midpoint of a season is usually a recipe to look to the future for NFL teams, with only two teams ever climbing out of that hole to reach the postseason. Headed into Week 18 of this season, three teams that lost six of their first eight games remain…


VIDEO: Exotic Multi-Colored Pigeon Caught on Camera for the First Time in 140 Years in Papua New Guinea

An elusive, exotic species of spectacularly-colored pigeon has been caught on video camera for the first time after having remained unseen and undocumented by scientists for the last 140 years. This recording was followed up by an expedition and a human-to-bird close encounter of a lifetime. Last fall, a team of researchers and conservationists set…