A shark born at Italy's Acquario Cala Gonone could be the first case of asexual reproduction in its species. The Sardinia-based facility says its female smooth-hound shark "Ispera" was born in a tank ...

More than 180 nations gathering in Uzbekistan this week for the annual CITES conference could vote as early as Thursday on a ...

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An endangered species of shark has been observed having "virgin births" for the first time. Two of these common smooth-hound sharks (Mustelus mustelus) were seen giving birth to their young without ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has enacted sweeping new trade protections for sharks and ...

A smooth-hound shark was recently born into an all-female tank in an Italian aquarium. The birth, said scientists, could be the first recorded asexual birth for the species. For 10 years, the mother ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Officials at an Italian aquarium said a baby smooth-hound shark was born in a tank in which only females are kept in what might be the first documented case of asexual reproduction for ...

Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. In what could be the first recorded case of asexual reproduction in the species, a baby shark was born to one of two moms in a smooth-hound shark tank, as ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time, researchers at Oregon State University have documented two shark species that are new to the Puget Sound, including one critically endangered species.

During July 2013, a group of stranded Starry Smooth-Hounds (Mustelus asterias Cloquet) were successfully rescued from a receding tide pool at Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin. It is hypothesised that ...

The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections today for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win".

A killer dolphin is on the loose in British waters after it slayed one of its own kind - and then a shark. The bottlenose dolphin, which has been nicknamed Jack the Flipper, was caught on camera ...