Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Leopard sharks mating in the wild captured on camera for first time – video

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 05:05:07 +0000

The leopard shark 'threesome' between two males and a female was filmed by a university researcher off New Caledonia. Scientists believe it to be the world's first recorded observation of two males of the globally endangered species mating in quick succession with a female

'Involved sequentially': leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome

‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:52:15 +0000

Menage a trois over in 110 seconds and ‘then the males lost all their energy and lay immobile on the bottom’, marine biologist Dr Hugo Lassauce says

A trio of leopard sharks in New Caledonia has made marine science history after they were recorded mating in a “threesome”.

It is the first time the globally endangered species has been documented in a mating sequence, providing valuable knowledge to aid conservation efforts.

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:01:02 +0000

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown.

Far from reducing reliance on fossil fuels, nations are planning higher levels of fossil fuel production for the coming decades than they did in 2023, the last time comparable data was compiled.

Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years

admin — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:24:42 +0000

Group participates in previously unthinkable mile-long swim after US made key progress to clean polluted rivers

Hundreds of people plunged into the Chicago River’s chilly waters on Sunday as part of the first organized swim in the river for nearly 100 years, a previously unthinkable act in what was once one of the most befouled waterways in the world.

Canavan claims Coalition ‘on the cusp’ of abandoning net zero as Ley urged to follow Dutton’s voice referendum tactics

admin — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:05:27 +0000

Queensland Nationals senator tells Cpac conference ‘last rites being administered’ and praises Andrew Hastie for threat to quit frontbench over policy

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DNA from old ants reveals a hidden insect apocalypse in Fiji

admin — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:45:02 +0000

Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures. A new study used cutting-edge genomic techniques on museum specimens to track centuries of ant biodiversity across Fiji. The results reveal that nearly 80% of native ants are in decline, with losses intensifying in the past few hundred years as human activities expanded.

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds

admin — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:00:05 +0000

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

If you glanced into a green field and saw a yellow digger tearing into the turf, you might assume it was another site for new houses. But the two circle-shaped scars of dark soil on a Norfolk pasture are ghost ponds being brought back to life by an innovative and cheap form of nature restoration.

Louisiana reports five deaths from flesh-eating bacterium in coastal waters

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:34:30 +0000

Officials say deaths from Vibrio vulnificus exceeding average amid warning over climate-linked case increase

Five people in Louisiana have died in 2025 from a flesh-eating bacterium found in warm coastal waters, substantially exceeding the annual average on such deaths, state officials have said.

Labor has good reason to sweat over its 2035 climate target – but the dishevelled Coalition response rings hollow | Tom McIlroy

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:00:48 +0000

The scale of the government’s ambition heightens the stakes for all sides of politics and will probably determine how Albanese’s second term plays out

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Red squirrel population thriving on Isle of Wight and could almost double, study finds

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:00:50 +0000

Researchers mapping how red squirrels would fare under climate breakdown scenarios found ‘a natural ability to adapt’

Red squirrels are thriving on the Isle of Wight where they have enough food and a suitable habitat to support a population that could almost double, a study has found.