greenhouses and allotments over the coming weeks for any rare or unusual plants – for a chance of winning a competition. The start of February marks the return of Plant Heritage’s ‘Threatened Plant of ...

Last year was a lucrative one for sellers of rare coins, as one auction house sold five specimens for more than $1 million each — including one that fetched a record price in its category.

Many valuable and rare coins from the 1940s remain in circulation today, including the Mercury dime, which was produced from 1916 to 1945. Approximately 21.5 million of these dimes were minted ...

The world’s largest water lily with giant floating leaves and fragrant white flowers, blooming only at night. An intricate flower with purple, white, and blue hues, it’s both a pollinator ...

Since 2019, over 1 million succulent plants from 650 species unique to South Africa have been illegally harvested in South Africa. As social scientists who have extensively researched conservation ...

Sonoma Botanical Garden is self-pollinating a rare magnolia from China in hopes of cultivating more specimens to preserve the ...

Others, however, may not be. Below, neurologists share the behaviors they do daily to keep their risk of dementia low, which may seem unusual to some: Instead of being glued to a chair in front of ...

Conservationists have called for urgent action to address the illegal trade in rare ... 5 million at today's rate) in 2009. These numbers point to the growing need to safeguard rare and valuable ...

It is hard to come across this 5-cent coin struck in 2016 ... making them exceptionally rare. "They don't actually know how many there are. They're quite hard to find, and they're quite desirable," he ...