3 h. ago 'World's rarest big cat' miraculously born after leopard parents 'matched on dating app'

The birth of the Amur leopard cub marks an exciting and important milestone as there are very few left of the species. It turns out that the big cat's parents met in a rather unusual way

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6 d. ago Callous Afghan migrants targeted lonely British men on Grindr app before stealing their phones and money during dates

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 22, and Bilal Hotak, 21, carried out 35 burglaries and 20 related scams, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

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6 d. ago Afghan migrants guilty of Grindr scam when they targeted lonely men on the app to burgle during dates

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi, 22, and Bilal Hotak, 21, carried out 35 burglaries and 20 related scams, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

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9 d. ago Why one of the world’s rarest beers is finally being opened after 150 years

It was originally brewed for an 1875 expedition to the North Pole

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9 d. ago Why one of the world’s rarest beers is finally being opened, 150 years on

It was originally brewed for an 1875 expedition to the North Pole

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3 w. ago ‘A perfect coincidence’: rare red lightning captured in New Zealand skies

Photographers capture extremely unusual phenomenon – also known as red sprites – against backdrop of the Milky WayA trio of photographers in New Zealand have captured images of “red sprites”, or red lightning, one of the rarest light phenomena in the world, in which luminous crimson flashes appear in the sky.New Zealand photographer Tom Rae and Spanish photographers Dan Zafra and José Cantabrana set out to shoot the Milky Way over the Ōmārama Clay cliffs in the South Island on 11 October, when they chanced upon the extraordinary event. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scientists spot change in one of the world’s rarest whale populations

Scientists have reported an encouraging trend after a troubling decline in North Atlantic right whales

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3 w. ago One of the world's rarest whales that makes the Atlantic its home grows in population

Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale

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