Rare
German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil
It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention.After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull in 1991, researchers found it was the most complete spinosaurid skull known...
Digested week: Hungary’s election result is rare good news in a depressing and surreal world | John Crace
MondaySo much of the news is depressing these days. The wars in Iran, Lebanon and Ukraine. The cost of living crisis. At times it feels as if the world...
Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates
Gray whales have historically been a rare sight in the San Francisco Bay. They trek from the warm lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California over 10,000 miles north to the...
A rare sign of hope as mountain gorillas welcome two sets of twins in Africa
I will never forget the moment I first saw a mountain gorilla. It was early on Mount Muhabura in Uganda, and I had spent the morning stumbling up the...
Xi tells Taiwan opposition leader people on both sides of strait are Chinese in rare meeting
In a rare meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader, China’s leader Xi Jinping declared people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and want peace.Friday’s meeting in Beijing...
Birdwatch: Climbing to 4,400 metres to spot a rare rufous-bellied seedsnipe
I’m out of breath – and not just because I’m desperate to see one of Ecuador’s most elusive birds, the rufous-bellied seedsnipe. To have any chance of success, I’ve...
‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book
Almost 60 years after it was first typed out by Bob Dylan, a torn page of lined paper bearing a draft for the lyrics of I’m Not There has...
Rosenior insists no huddle ‘disrespect’ as Newcastle earn rare win at Chelsea
A first Newcastle victory at Stamford Bridge since 2012, Anthony Gordon their match-winner against the club he was close to joining in 2022. He ran Chelsea ragged all evening....
