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A Florida man was about halfway through a plate of steamed clams when he chomped down on something hard — a rare, iridescent purple pearl. George Brock and his wife, Leslie, had been spending a day at the beach Friday in South Florida and stopped at Dave's Last Resort & Raw Bar for a bite. Their find could be worth thousands.
One of the most famously flawed stamps in U.S. history sold for $825,000 to a New York man who bought it slightly cheaper than the record price another "Inverted Jenny" copy fetched at auction last month.
At least 21 endangered crocodile-like reptiles have died mysteriously in a river sanctuary in central India, raising fears that one of India's last unpolluted waterways has become toxic.
A rare daguerreotype of abolitionist John Brown was bought Friday by an unidentified bidder for $97,750, an auctioneer said.
Five rare Asiatic lions were found electrocuted Friday on the edge of western India's Gir National Park, authorities reported.
A type of tiger thought to be extinct in the wild for more than two decades has been photographed in a mountainous area in northwest China, state media reported Saturday.
A tiny green butterfly not seen in the United States in more than 70 years likes the new butterfly garden at Falcon State Park, experts said.
The rate at which livestock breeds are disappearing is "alarming," a senior official at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Tuesday, warning that precious genes could be lost forever.
Though the surfers, skaters and beachgoers might not notice the butterflies fluttering by, conservationists are celebrating the return of the endangered El Segundo blue to its native habitat along Santa Monica Bay.
Eighty-four Siberian tigers, among the world's rarest animals, have been born since March at a northeastern China breeding center, an official said Sunday.
A rare soft-shell turtle thought to be on the brink of extinction has been discovered in Cambodia in a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, conservationists said Wednesday.
A butterfly found only at a popular Nevada recreation area is thriving and new efforts to protect its habitat are enough to keep it off the threatened or endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.
Officials announced plans Sunday to beef up security at a sanctuary for rare Asiatic lions after 13 poaching deaths over the past two months raised fears for the future of the species.
An extremely rare species of tiny owl has been seen in the wild for the first time, the American Bird Conservancy said Thursday. The long-whiskered owlet, one of the world's smallest owls, was discovered in 1976. Researchers have caught a few specimens in nets after dark but had not seen it in nature.
A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
Poachers killed three highly endangered Asiatic lions in their only remaining sanctuary in western India, removing their claws and bones and raising fears for the future of these rare cats, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
A family is suing the U.S. Mint, saying it illegally seized 10 gold coins that are among the rarest and most valuable in the world that the family found among a dead relative's possessions.
Indian scientists working in a tropical forest in the country's remote northeast have found a rare medicinal plant last seen 115 years ago, a scientific journal reported.
An eastern Maine lobsterman caught a lobster this week that looks like it's half-cooked.
In the early days of the Iraq war, on the last day of his life, Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith showed valor that no U.S. soldier has matched in Iraq.
More than 100 Siberian tigers, one of the rarest animals, are expected to be born this year at a breeding center in China's northeast, an official said Monday.
What is Magna Carta worth? Exactly $21,321,000. We know because that's what it fetched in a fair public auction at Sotheby's in New York just before Christmas.
In Indonesia, scientists discovered a giant rat which turns out to be one of the smallest marsupials in the world. Thus new species of mammal was found which is an extremely rare case in the 21th century.
On this season's deer opener, a Minnesota woman shot one of the rarest kinds around; an albino deer. Mary Rakotz of Avon got the 6-point buck on Saturday in Mille Lacs County.
Endangered, hunted, smuggled and now some would say abandoned, these animals have the smallest chances of recovery out off all the Earth's creatures. Last year, studies shown that there are at least 35 different animals with world populations of under 1000.
Rare clip taken live from recent Rush concert shows short 'South Park' bit poking fun at Rush's classic "Tom Sawyer."
A pair of rare Albino sparrows have turned up in County Antrim. The pure white birds, which lack the the common sparrow's usual brown, grey and black pigmentation, were spotted in a garden near Islandmagee.
Following Sunday's revelation at Comic-Con that a remake of Viva Pinata is in development for the Nintendo DS, Rare has updated its official website with the first details on the portable iteration.
Announced at Comic Con yesterday, Viva Pinata DS will see the original game concept (ie not the party game) ported over to the DS
After 28 years, the weather in this state never ceases to amaze me!
Record numbers of humpback whales are on their annual migration up Australia's east coast, including the rare white whale Migaloo, scientists say.
Mario and Sonic. Ryu and Lui Kang. Jak and Ratchet. The annals of gaming history are filled with bitter competitions between strikingly similar characters, and the games that compose them.
Thursday, May 31 brings us the second of two full Moons for North Americans this month. Some almanacs and calendars assert that when two full Moons occur within a calendar month, that the second full Moon is called the "Blue Moon."
Endangered, hunted, smuggled and now abandoned, 5,000 of the world's rarest animals have been found drifting in a deserted boat near the coast of China.
So, when is Rare finally going to pay off? Shane Kim, who 1UP's already quoted twice today, spoke with Shacknews about the issue. The answer: ask him three to five years from now; the price of the Xbox 360 doesn't fit Rare's mass-market games.
In 1966 ITN made a documentary which featured The Beatles' controversial US tour that year. Now the documentary, which is entitled "Beatles across America", is available for download.
A BIRD species that has not been seen since the remains of one were found in India 140 years ago is alive in Thailand.
Microsoft revealed the firm aims to support Rare's brilliant Viva Pinata in future, and has even raised the possibility of the British developer's Xbox 360 games appearing on Nintendo DS.
With the constant barrage of ports found on the Xbox Live Arcade ranging in quality from mediocre to steaming chunky pile, even the whispers of a new IP for the service warrants a news post.
Viagra is available as blue pills with a characteristic shapeEven though sildenafil is only available by prescription from a doctor, it was advertised directly to consumers on US TV (famously being endorsed by Bob Dole and Football star Pele).
Scientists probe space origin of rare black diamonds 'Carbonado' gems under scrutiny By Lester Haines → More by this authorPublished Monday 15th January 2007 12:33 GMTGet The Register's new weekly newsletter for senior IT managers delivered to your inbox, click here.
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Eurogamer.net visits the Microsoft's Rare videogames development studio in Twycross, UK.
A collection of odd news gathered each week along with a request for help in finding a particular giant shark photo.
Man Stabbed In Chest After Stingray Jumps On Boat A Florida man is fighting for his life after a stingray jumped onto his boat and stabbed him in the chest.
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