Rare may refer to: * Rare, a particular temperature of meat * Something infrequent or scarce, see

Scarcity In economics, scarcity "refers to the basic fact of life that there exists only a finite amount of human and nonhuman resources which the best technical knowledge is capable of using to produce only limited maximum amounts of each economic good. ...

:* Rare species, a conservation category in biology designating the scarcity of an organism and implying a threat to its viability Rare or RARE may also refer to:

Acronyms

* Ram Air Rocket Engine, a U.S. Navy program of the 1950s * Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Music

* Rare (Northern Irish band), a 1990s trip hop group *

Rare (Serbian band) Rare are a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. History 2000s The band, formed in 1998 by Mirko Luković (vocals), Nemanja Subotić (guitar), Branislav Radojković (bass) and Dario Janošević (drums). Having won the Urban Demo fest ...

, an alternative rock band

Albums

* ''Rare'' (Asia album), 1999 * ''Rare'' (David Bowie album), 1982 * ''Rare'' (Hundredth album), 2017 * ''Rare'' (Selena Gomez album) or the title song (see below), 2020 * ''

Rare! ''Rare!'' compiles tracks from four Crack the Sky albums from 1983–1990, two of John Palumbo's solo albums, and previously unreleased live and demo recordings. It was released in 1994 on CD. Track listing {{Crack the Sky 1994 compilation ...

'', by Crack the Sky, 1994 * '' Rare, Vol. 1'', by Ultravox, 1993 * '' Rare, Vol. 2'', by Ultravox, 1994 * ''Rare: The Collected B-Sides 1989–1993'', by Moby, 1996 * ''Rare'', by

Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu ( ) is an American experimental band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of Stewart (the only constant member since formation) and Angela Seo. The band's name co ...

, 2012

Songs

* "Rare" (Gwen Stefani song), 2016 * "Rare" (Selena Gomez song), 2020 * "Rare", by Man Overboard from ''

Man Overboard "Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew or a passenger has fallen off of the ship into the water and is in need of immediate rescue. Whoever sees the person's fall is to shout, "Man overboa ...

'', 2011

Organizations

* Rare (company), a British video game development studio * Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne, a computer networking organisation known since 1994 as

TERENA The Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA, ) was a not-for-profit association of European national research and education networks (NRENs) incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The association was originally f ...

Rare (conservation organization) Rare is a global nonprofit environmental organization whose mission is to inspire change so people and nature thrive. Headquartered in the United States, Rare has programs and staff in over 10 countries (including the Philippines, Indonesia, Mozam ...

, an environmentalist group *

Rare (news website) Rare is an American news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. Rare was launched as a startup in 2013 by a team of journalists, marketers and business executives at Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. Rare's slogan is, “America's News Feed" ...

, a U.S.-based website

People

Vanessa Rare Vanessa Rare is a New Zealand film and television actress, screenwriter and director. She is of Ngāti Pu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāpuhi iwi descent. Career Rare's screen debut was as Rata in the 1990 comedy film '' Ruby and Rat ...