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Evening Standard
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Singing cicadas brought back to UK from France after disappearing in 1990s

One of the New Forest cicadas brought to the UK from France (Pete Hughes/Species Recovery Trust/PA) -

Musical insects that went extinct in the UK have been brought back to the country from France by conservationists hoping to re-establish their population.

Scientists at the Species Recovery Trust this week released 11 New Forest cicadas into a specially created habitat at Paultons Park – just outside the Hampshire woods where they once sang.

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