A rare orange lobster being studied at the University ofNew England is now a mother to 100 babies, some of which share her unusual colouration.

Peaches, an orange lobster brought to the school last year, laid a clutch of eggs that hatched into 100 baby lobsters.

Peaches and her babies are being studied to identify the cause of the orange colouration, believed to occur in only one out of every 30 million lobsters.

Norma, a standard-coloured lobster, also recently hatched 40 eggs, and another orange lobster, named Pineapple is currently bearing eggs expected to hatch in the spring.