Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana kicked off 2025 with a ...

The successful management of animals requires determining when and where animals give birth to protect their vulnerable life-stages (such as the newborn stage or throughout pregnancy) and specific ...

The female epaulette shark lives in a habitat of her own at the Brookfield Zoo, located outside Chicago, where she's lived since 2019. Jim Schulz / CZS-Brookfield Zoo She don’t need no man. A shark in ...

Most people find sharks threatening. Who doesn’t have an image in their mind of a menacing shark fin racing through the ocean in search of its next meal? But it is the shark that is threatened.

In a rare instance, a shark at Brookfield Zoo gave birth through asexual reproduction. The Zoo, located just outside of Chicago. announced on Wednesday that the Epaulette shark pup hatched on Aug. 23.

A leopard shark in a Queensland, Australia, aquarium has made history with a ‘virgin birth’ that scientists say could help save her endangered species. Leonie the leopard shark is the first shark ...

A shark having babies? Not always newsworthy. But a shark having babies after the mother shark in question had not been in the company of a male shark since her arrival at the facility back in 2019?

Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female ...

A baby shark has been born in an all-female tank at an Italian aquarium. The baby's mother had been in the tank with one other female for ten years. Scientists say it could be a rare case of a 'virgin ...

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Debbie Elliott. You may have heard this week about what scientists are learning from the mysterious birth of a baby shark without a father. We explore ...

Hannah Verkamp works for Arizona State University as a Research Associate in the Sulikowski Shark and Fish Conservation Lab. The research is funded by the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation. If you have a ...

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