In 1667 John Rose, the royal gardener, took a knee at the foot of Charles II, the King of England, and presented him with a pineapple. This wasn't the $3.00 discount pineapple from your local grocer, but rather the single most expensive fruit in the Western world.

A while ago I experimented with cross pollinating my bear paw succulent and was happy to find I got viable seeds. It's a little unusual to harvest the seeds, however, as you don't get the traditionally looking seed pod. Here's a quick visual guide to help show what you might expect.

For a few weeks each spring, a lone guard monitors the moors of northern England. This warden pitches a tent in a remote field to watch over a prize so rare that collectors have been known to break laws, trek into deep jungles, and risk capture by guerillas in its pursuit.

Nicki Coertze, 58 of age, had spotted a very unusual animal during a visit to the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The tiny elephant was not too hard to locate once he had been spotted. With his pink skin, he stood out from the rest of the African grey elephants.