Burns Lake student receives 2025 forestry scholarship

Celine Stiffler awarded $2,000 by Council of Forest Industries to support studies in Natural Resources and Forest Technology Burns Lake's Celine Stiffler has been named one of 10students across B.C. -- and the only student in the Northwest -- to...

COFI announces the 2025 Forestry Scholarship recipients

The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Forestry Scholarships. Since 2007, COFI has supported students pursuing professional, technical, and trades careers in the forest sector through its annual...

Rare ‘threesome’ shark mating caught on camera for the first time off Australia’s coast | Watch

In a groundbreaking scientific observation, researchers have captured rare footage of three Indo-Pacific leopard sharks engaging in a mating event, commonly referred to as a “threesome” or ménage à trois. Filmed off the coast of New Caledonia by...

Israeli and UK Scientists Discover Structural Similarities Between Whale Songs, Human Speech

An international research team led by Israeli and British scientists has discovered that the complex songs of humpback whales share structural patterns with human language. The study, published in Science and announced by the Hebrew University of...

Rare! 3 leopard sharks caught on camera in rare group mating ritual, video goes viral

Viral News Scientists have, for the first time, filmed group mating among leopard sharks in the wild off New Caledonia. The 110-second encounter has been detailed in Journal of Ethology. Leopard shark mating | Image: YouTube Marine scientists are...

Whale Song And Human Language Share Same Structure, Research Shows

Humpback whale. Photo credit Operation Cetaces The scientists analysed the groans, moans, whistles, barks, shrieks and squeaks in humpback whale song recordings collected over eight years in New Caledonia. “We found something truly fascinating,”...

These cities will see the last partial solar eclipse of 2025 on Sunday

Days after the Moon turned blood-red during a total lunar eclipse, stargazers are ready for the next celestial event, the partial solar eclipse. This will be the last solar eclipse of the year, offering a spectacular celestial event visible in...

Endangered Sharks Caught on Video in the Middle of a Threesome

When you’re facing extinction, cultural mores will probably go out the window. What was once taboo is now a petty indulgence. Might as well make the most of your final days. I bet that’s exactly what was going through the minds of some endangered...

Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is known as Zipf’s law. Researchers have hunted...

A shark 'threesome'? Mating behavior caught for the first time

A researcher has recorded three sharks in a "threesome", or ménage à trois, marking a scientific first. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist and a researcher from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, was snorkeling off New Caledonia,...

First-Ever Recording of Leopard Sharks Mating Reveals Shock ‘Threesome’

The first-ever recording of endangered leopard sharks mating in the wild has revealed a surprising “threesome” between two males and a female. Leopard sharks congregate regularly to mate at a site in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, said...

Sharks head for NZ to enjoy our summer

“There’s this perception that sharks are invading because there’s warmer waters, but it’s not. It’s purely a seasonal movement from deep ocean water into the coastal shallows for food and for pupping.” Researcher Dr Riley Elliott says young sharks...

Sharks spotted mating in wild for first time and they're having a threesome

Emily Malia GAU Writer and Jane Lavender Associate Editor 10:25, 24 Sep 2025 Marine science history has been rewritten as a threesome of leopard sharks were spotted in New Caledonia engaging in what can only be dubbed as a "threesome" during a...

Sharks spotted having threesome as they're seen mating in wild for first ever time

Emily Malia GAU Writer and Jane Lavender Associate Editor 10:04, 24 Sep 2025 Marine biology has witnessed a groundbreaking moment as three leopard sharks were filmed engaging in what can only be termed a "threesome" during a brief mating encounter...

Wild Leopard Sharks Mating Caught on Camera for First Time Ever

Scientists working in the South Pacific made scientific history after recording leopard sharks mating. The never-before-captured mating sequence caught the sharks, also known as zebra sharks (Stegostoma tigrinum), in a “threesome,” and the footage...

Pacific tuna stocks stay healthy

FOR months, the town of Thio went without a local doctor. The east coast mining town in New Caledonia, with a population of 2,500 people, has been going through tough times. Last year, during months of clashes between Kanak protestors and French...

Australia’s Travel Hotlist 2021-25: New Favourites, Old Flames And Surprising Drop-Offs

Australians are travelling in two distinct directions, according to a new data-led report from travel consultancy Forward Travel – with some sticking to short-haul comfort zones, while others venture further in search of authentic,...

“I waited an hour, freezing in the water": Diver spots sharks motionless on seabed. What happened next has never been filmed before

Underwater cameras have recorded the first known footage of two male leopard sharks mating with a female in the wild. The rare event – filmed around 10 miles off New Caledonia, an archipelago in the south-west Pacific Ocean – shows the two male...

Carrion crows can create, prepare, and use tools with great precision

Humans often consider tool use a mark of intelligence. Yet many animals find creative ways to solve problems. A new study reveals how carrion crows – which seldom use tools in the wild – can learn to master them when trained. Their performance...

Leopard sharks caught having ‘threesome’ on camera

Three leopard sharks – 2 male and 1 female – in the process of mating. Credit: UniSC Three wild and frisky leopard sharks have been caught in the act of copulation by a scientist snorkelling at Abore Reef, 15km off the coast of Noumea, New...