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Could egg freezing help save a rare British butterfly?
Humans have been freezing their eggs as a fertility treatment for decades, but what if we could do the same to insects' eggs?
Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge are investigating whether a vulnerable species of butterfly could be reared from eggs frozen in liquid nitrogen.
They hope it will safeguard the future of the black and yellow species and have a positive impact on conservation efforts across the world.
Helena Burke has the details.
(Picture credit: Swallowtail & Birdwing Butterfly Trust / PA).
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