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Seabed Mining Under the Microscope: A Techno-Economic Reality Check
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with a global expert on minerals processing and battery minerals, Lyle Trytten. We were closing out an engagement to do a...

Three leopard sharks caught in a first-of-its-kind ocean sex tape
A marine biologist from the University of the Sunshine Coast has documented a unique and scientifically significant event: the first-ever recorded instance of two male and one female leopard sharks engaging in sequential mating in the wild....

The best wild beers in New Zealand come from a shed in the back blocks of Hamilton
On one side, the country’s largest and most well-funded breweries. On the other, a guy called Darryl with some barrels. To call Karamu the middle of nowhere would be unfair to the middle of nowhere, which has achieved a level of geographic...

The smartest bird in the world can make tools
The animal kingdom is full of fascinating creatures. Although birds have historically been thought to have limited intelligence due to the size of their brains, recent research is rapidly disproving this belief. Advances in bird studies have...

B.C. Council of Forest Industries announces 2025 Forestry Scholarships
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Forestry Scholarships. Since 2007, COFI has supported students pursuing professional, technical, and trades careers in the forest sector...

What the Rich Kids of Instagram did next: They were the wealthy brats who invented influencer culture - but 10 years on, dark truths have emerged about their glossy lifestyles
They flushed Rolexes down the toilet and smashed up supercars for fun. Private jet was their favourite mode of transport and they mocked 'peasants' who couldn't afford their lifestyle. The Rich Kids of Instagram may have been obnoxious, but...

France: Life Without a Government
The following could have appeared in the small-ads section of one of the free newspapers distributed in the Paris Metro: “Desperately seeking a Prime Minister, contact Marianne.” Marianne is the fictive damsel who serves as a symbol of the French...

Jane Goodall’s Lesson: Rethinking Intelligence
Chimpanzee looking directly at the camera getty When Jane Goodall arrived at Tanzania's Gombe Stream in 1960, she carried neither a doctoral degree nor conventional scientific training. What she possessed was something far more useful: the...

Building climate ambition through regional partnerships in the French Pacific
New Caledonia and French Polynesia step up climate ambition with new NDCs committing to deep emissions cuts and stronger adaptation by 2035. New Caledonia and French Polynesia are stepping up their climate commitments with updated Nationally...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...