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‘Holy grail’: researchers may have captured first image of newborn great white shark
California scientist and film-maker spot apparent pup – never before seen in the wild – in drone pictures
Researchers in California may have gotten the first ever look at a newborn great white shark, which they captured in drone images taken last summer.
The newborn animal has never before been spotted in the wild. But in July, the wildlife film-maker Carlos Gauna and Phillip Sternes, a biology doctoral student at the University of California, Riverside, glimpsed something unexpected in the waters near Santa Barbara on California’s central coast.
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Exclusive: one of Britain’s rarest butterflies, found only in Norfolk Broads, critically threatened by climate crisis
The swallowtail, one of Britain’s rarest butterflies and also the largest, has suffered its worst summer since records began.
The butterfly is confined to the Broads in East Anglia, where its caterpillar’s food plant is found, and is now breeding on just 16 sites.
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Millions of Australians at risk of being stung by fire ants each year, experts warn
Inquiry into invasive pest hears of risks species poses to health, agriculture and environment if it becomes endemic
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Fire ants could sting 8.6 million Australians a year if they were to become endemic – but a pathogenic fungus and pesticide-loaded drones might help avert that scenario, according to submissions posed to the federal government’s fire ants inquiry.
Submissions to the Senate inquiry into red imported fire ants (Rifa) in Australia closed on Monday, just days after the latest in a string of fire ant detections beyond south-east Queensland, where an infestation of the invasive pest is ongoing.
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